thyias
Dictionary entries
- Entry →thyia, thyiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
citrus tree (Greek name for);
acc. pl.
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...quid pauido territa uultu, qualis Baccho saucia Thyias, fertur rapido regina gradu? quae te rursus fortuna rotat, miseranda..."
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...cornua vitta nunc etiam meministis, aquae, Boeotia qualem Thyias et infelix cuperet vidisse Cithaeron. Fama per extremos quin..."Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...pavet ad crines et tristia Pentheos ora Thyias, ubi impulsae iam se deus agmine matris abstulit et caesi..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Thebana uides: non me sub nocte silenti Thyias Echionio genetrix famulata Lyaeo edidit, haud umquam deformes uertice mitras..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...furias thalamisque insueta relictis euolat. insano ueluti Teumesia Thyias rapta deo, cum sacra uocant Idaeaque suadet buxus..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...incensa per urbem bacchatur, qualis commotis excita sacris Thyias, ubi audito stimulant trieterica Baccho orgia nocturnusque vocat clamore..."