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cȳ^cnus (in MSS. and edd. freq. also cȳ^gnus ;
I.“y,” Hor. C. 4, 3, 20; Aus. Ep. 20, 8), i, m., = κύκνος, the swan; celebrated for its singing, esp. for its dying song; “consecrated to Apollo,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 910; Verg. E. 7, 38; id. A. 1, 393; Ov. M. 5, 387; Hor. C. 4, 3, 20 et saep.; “attached to the chariot of Venus,” Ov. M. 10, 708; id. A. A. 3, 809.—
b. Prov.: “quid contendat hirundo cycnis?” Lucr. 3, 7; “so also: certent cycnis ululae,” Verg. E. 8, 55.—
B. Meton., for a poet: “Dircaeus,” i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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