Meaning of pecten | Babel Free

Definitions

1. comb
   declension-3, masculine
2. pubic hair
   declension-3, masculine
3. hair
   declension-3, masculine
4. scallop
   declension-3, masculine
5. the reed or sley of a weaver's loom
   declension-3, masculine
6. weaving
   declension-3, masculine
7. an instrument with which the strings of the lyre are struck; a plectrum, quill
   declension-3, masculine
8. the lyre itself
   declension-3, masculine
9. a poem or song
   declension-3, masculine
10. a rake
    declension-3, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“Naidēs effusīs aliae sine pectinis ūsū,”

The Naiad nymphs were there, some with locks dishevelled without the application of the comb, others with their hair arranged both with taste and labour. 1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 27.

“Proxima Circaeae raduntur litora terrae, dives inaccessos ubi Solis filia lucos adsiduo resonat cantu tectisque superbis urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum,”

1910 translation by Theodore Chickering Williams Close to the lands of Circe soon they fare, Where the Sun's golden daughter in far groves Sounds forth her ceaseless song; her lofty hall Is fragrant every night with flaring brands Of cedar, giving light the while she weaves With shrill-voiced shuttle at her linens fine.

“Nec non Threïcius longa cum veste sacerdos obloquitur numeris septem discrimina vocum,”

The Thracian bard in ample dress seven notes does on his lyre strike, and sometimes with his fingers, and here with ivory quill.

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