swan
swan
subs.
P. and V. κύκνος, ὁ (Plat.).
Swanlike: V. κυκνόμορφος.
Swansong: see Aesch. Ag. 1444.
subs.
P. and V. κύκνος, ὁ (Plat.).
Swanlike: V. κυκνόμορφος.
Swansong: see Aesch. Ag. 1444.
SWAN
cygnus: cycnus (Cic.); olor (Verg.); *anas olor (Linn.): swan-down pluma cycnea (Ov.): swans’ song cantus olorum (Plin.); cantus olorinus (Sidon.); vox cycnea (Cic. De Or. 3 2 6; proverbially); extremae morientis voces; tamquam cycnea vox (Cic.); carmen cygneum. All his geese are swans arcem facit e cloaca; arces facit or facere solet e cloacis (after Cic.).
cygnus: cycnus (Cic.); olor (Verg.); *anas olor (Linn.): swan-down pluma cycnea (Ov.): swans’ song cantus olorum (Plin.); cantus olorinus (Sidon.); vox cycnea (Cic. De Or. 3 2 6; proverbially); extremae morientis voces; tamquam cycnea vox (Cic.); carmen cygneum. All his geese are swans arcem facit e cloaca; arces facit or facere solet e cloacis (after Cic.).
swan:
1. cygnus, m.: Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73.
2. ŏlor, ōris, m.: Ov. H. 7, 1: glistening white s.s., purpurei o., Hor. Od. 4, 1, 10. Phr.: s.'s down, plumae cygneae, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 1: s.'s song (last dying speech), vox cygnea, Cic. Or. 3, 2, 6: s.-coloured, coloris olorini, Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 163 (others read orobini).
1. cygnus, m.: Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73.
2. ŏlor, ōris, m.: Ov. H. 7, 1: glistening white s.s., purpurei o., Hor. Od. 4, 1, 10. Phr.: s.'s down, plumae cygneae, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 1: s.'s song (last dying speech), vox cygnea, Cic. Or. 3, 2, 6: s.-coloured, coloris olorini, Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 163 (others read orobini).
swan
Swans
- musical: Paus. 1.30.3