sirena
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);
acc. sg.
Examples
- D
Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Rutilus, qui gaudet acerbo plagarum strepitu et nullam Sirena flagellis conparat, Antiphates trepidi laris ac Polyphemus, tunc felix..." Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Cotile, bellus? Res pertricosa est, Cotile, bellus homo. Sirenas hilarem nauigantium poenam blandasque mortes gaudiumque crudele, quas nemo..."- L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...facile remedium Ulixes sociis etiam adversus Sirenas invenerit Vale. LVII. SENECA LUCILIO SUO SALUTEM Cum a Bais deberem..." - L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Thracius Orpheus solitam cantu retinere rates paene coegit Sirena sequi? Quod fuit huius pretium cursus? aurea pellis maiusque..."