cycnus

cycnus or cȳgnus ī, m

, κύκνος, the swan; celebrated for its singing, esp. when dying; consecrated to Apollo; a bird of good omen, V.; attached to the chariot of Venus, O.—Prov.: certent cycnis ululae, V.—A singer: Dircaeus, i. e. Pindar, H.

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cycnus
cȳ̆cnus (in MSS. and edd. freq. also cȳ̆gnus; I y, Hor. C. 4, 3, 20; Aus. Ep. 20, 8), i, m., =...

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Cycnus
Cȳ̆cnus (Cȳ̆g-), i, m. A A king of the Ligurians, son of Sthenelus, related to Phaeton, who was ch...

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