typhon
Dictionary entries
- Entry →typhon, typhonis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
violent whirlwind/tornado; (typhoon/cyclone); name given to a comet by Pharaoh;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...concepit in antris.nec tam iusta fuit terrarum gloria Typhon 595aut Tityos Briareusque ferox; caeloque pepercitquod non Phlegraeis Antaeum..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...erumpit sonus, tantum ingemiscit ignis. o durum iecur! Typhon in illo positus immanis rogo gemuisset ipse quique conuulsam..." 
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...nube coruscus. quantus ubi immenso prospexit ab aethere Typhon igne simul ventisque rubens, quem Iuppiter alte crine tenet..."