siren
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Siren, Sirenis:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
Siren; (lured sailors with song); type of drone/solitary bee/wasp);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Siculis addite saxis, ubi fata gemam Thessala Siren, uel in Edonas tollite siluas, qualis natum Daulias ales solet..." - G
De grammaticis
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...apparere vel his versiculis potest: Cato grammaticus, Latina Siren, Qui solus legit ac facit poetas. Is scripsit praeter..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...legeret vernos Proserpina flores, in comitum numero, doctae Sirenes, eratis? quam postquam toto frustra quaesistis in orbe, protinus..." - P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...ferre umero, qua patet usque, libet. Monstra maris Sirenes erant, quae voce canora Quamlibet admissas detinuere rates..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...paras virtute relicta? contemnere miser. vitanda est inproba Siren desidia, aut quidquid vita meliore parasti ponendum aequo animo..."