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Meaning of cycnus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈkyk.nʊs]

Definitions

  1. a swan; a bird noted for its singing, and sacred to Apollo
    declension-2, masculine
  2. a poet, especially one who sings
    declension-2, figuratively, masculine

Examples

“Quae noua tam similis genuit tibi Leda ministros?”

1993 translation by D. R. Shackleton Bailey What new Leda bore for you servitors so like? What naked Laconian girl was caught by another swan?

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Cydara Cydnus Cydonea Cydoneae Cydoneam Cydonia

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