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
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..."De grammaticis
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...apparere vel his versiculis potest: Cato grammaticus, Latina Siren, Qui solus legit ac facit poetas. Is scripsit praeter..."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..."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..."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..."