thymbras
Dictionary entries
- Entry →thymbra, thymbrae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
aromatic plant, perhaps Cretan thyme;
acc. pl.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...mitia sorba inter odoratas pendebat texta coronas et thymbrae veteres et passis uva racemis: qualis in Actaea quondam..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uatis nemus atque Molosso quercus anhela Ioui Troianaque Thymbra tacebit. ipsi amnes ipsaeque uolent arescere laurus, ipse nihil..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...nostris sine te Camenis, tardius sueto venit ipse Thymbrae rector et primis meus ecce metis haeret Achilles. quippe..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...rapida agmina Nysa. huic Lycii montes gelidaeque umbracula Thymbrae et Parnasus honos: illi Pangaea resultant Ismaraque et quondam..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...olentia late serpylla et graviter spirantis copia thymbrae floreat inriguumque bibant violaria fontem. Ipsa autem, seu corticibus tibi..."