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1 cantrix
singer (female), songstress -
2 Alauda
ălauda, ae, f. [Celtic; lit. great songstress, from al, high, great, and aud, song; cf. the Fr. alouette; Breton. al' choueder; v. Diefenbach in Zeitschriften für vergl. Sprachf. IV. p. 391].I.The lark, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—II.Ălauda, the name of a legion raised by Cœsar, in Gaul, at his own expense (prob. so called from the decoration of their helmet):unam (legionem) ex Transalpinis conscriptam, vocabulo quoque Gallico (Alauda enim appellabatur) civitate donavit,
Suet. Caes. 24:cum legione Alaudarum ad urbem pergit,
Cic. Att. 16, 8:Huc accedunt Alaudae ceterique veterani,
id. Phil. 13, 2. -
3 alauda
ălauda, ae, f. [Celtic; lit. great songstress, from al, high, great, and aud, song; cf. the Fr. alouette; Breton. al' choueder; v. Diefenbach in Zeitschriften für vergl. Sprachf. IV. p. 391].I.The lark, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—II.Ălauda, the name of a legion raised by Cœsar, in Gaul, at his own expense (prob. so called from the decoration of their helmet):unam (legionem) ex Transalpinis conscriptam, vocabulo quoque Gallico (Alauda enim appellabatur) civitate donavit,
Suet. Caes. 24:cum legione Alaudarum ad urbem pergit,
Cic. Att. 16, 8:Huc accedunt Alaudae ceterique veterani,
id. Phil. 13, 2. -
4 cantrix
cantrix, īcis, f. [cantor], a female singer, a songstress, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 23; Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 5.— Adj.:aves cantrices,
singing, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 14. -
5 luscinia
luscĭnĭa, ae, f. ( luscĭnĭus, ĭi, m., Phaedr. 3, 18, 2 and 11; Sen. Ep. 76, 7; and, † luscĭnus, i, m., = aêdôn, Gloss. Lat. Gr.) [for clus-cinia; Sanscr. root cru, to hear; Gr. kluô; Lat. clueo, to be famous, akin to gloria and cano;hence, the melodious or glorious songstress],
the nightingale, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81 sq.:luscinias soliti impenso prandere coëmptas,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 245:vox luscinii,
Sen. Ep. 76, 9. -
6 Melpomene
Melpŏmĕnē, ēs, f., Melpomenê (the songstress), the muse of tragic and lyric poetry:Melpomene, cui liquidam pater Vocem cum citharā dedit,
Hor. C. 1, 24, 3; Mart. 4, 37, 1; Aus. Idyll. 20, 2.
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