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cymba (cumba ), ae, f., = κύμβη,
I.a boat, skiff, first used by the Phœnicians, Plin. 7, 55, 57, § 208; Afran. in Non. p. 535, 31; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59; Ov. M. 1, 293; id. F. 6, 777 al.—In partic., the boat of Charon which transported the dead, Verg. A. 6, 303; Hor. C. 2, 3, 28; Prop. 3 (4), 18, 24; Stat. S. 2, 1, 186.—
II. Trop.: “non est ingenii cymba gravanda tui,” i. e. meddle not with themes above your powers, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 22; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 26; Quint. 12, 10, 37.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.293
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.303
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.14
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 10.37
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.3
    • Statius, Silvae, 2.1
    • Ovid, Fasti, 6
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