in the form of a swan

Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Lêda, the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77:

pueri Ledae,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21:

Lede,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,

Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.

Lit.:

Ledaei dei,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also,

Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2:

Helena,

Verg. A. 7, 364:

Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda),

id. ib. 3, 328:

ovum,

a swan's egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf.

olores,

id. 1, 54, 8:

Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it,

id. 4, 25, 5; cf.

Cyllarus,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 54:

astrum,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.—

Poet., transf.

Spartan:

Phalantum,

Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3:

gurges,

i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —

Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ):

Xanthippus,

Sil. 4, 358.

lēda, ae, lēdon, i, and lēdănum, v. lada.

Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Lêda, the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77:

pueri Ledae,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21:

Lede,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,

Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.

Lit.:

Ledaei dei,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also,

Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2:

Helena,

Verg. A. 7, 364:

Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda),

id. ib. 3, 328:

ovum,

a swan's egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf.

olores,

id. 1, 54, 8:

Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it,

id. 4, 25, 5; cf.

Cyllarus,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 54:

astrum,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.—

Poet., transf.

Spartan:

Phalantum,

Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3:

gurges,

i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —

Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ):

Xanthippus,

Sil. 4, 358.

lēda, ae, lēdon, i, and lēdănum, v. lada.

Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Lêda, the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77:

pueri Ledae,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21:

Lede,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,

Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.

Lit.:

Ledaei dei,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also,

Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2:

Helena,

Verg. A. 7, 364:

Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda),

id. ib. 3, 328:

ovum,

a swan's egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf.

olores,

id. 1, 54, 8:

Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it,

id. 4, 25, 5; cf.

Cyllarus,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 54:

astrum,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.—

Poet., transf.

Spartan:

Phalantum,

Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3:

gurges,

i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —

Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ):

Xanthippus,

Sil. 4, 358.

lēda, ae, lēdon, i, and lēdănum, v. lada.

plūma, ae, f., a small, soft feather; in plur., fine, soft feathers, down.

Lit. (clas.;

syn. penna): (animantium) pluma alias, alias squamā videmus obductas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

plumae versicolores,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 18:

mollis,

Verg. A. 10, 192:

in plumis delituisse Jovem,

i. e. in the form of a swan, Ov. H. 8, 68.—They were used esp. for stuffing pillows and the beds of litters:

dormit in plumā,

Mart. 12, 17, 8:

pensilibus plumis vehi,

i. e. in litters, Juv. 1, 159:

in plumā paternā dormire,

id. 6, 88. —Also in clothing:

non avium plumae in usum vestium conseruntur?

Sen. Ep. 90, 14.—As an image of lightness, triviality, insignificance, like feather with us:

homo levior quam pluma,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 23:

levior plumā est gratia,

id. Poen. 3, 6, 17:

ipsi plumā aut folio facilius moventur,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2:

pluma haud interest, patronus, an cliens probior siet,

there is not a pin to choose, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 60.—

Transf.

Of the first beard, down ( poet.):

insperata tuae cum veniet pluma superbiae,

Hor. C. 4, 10, 2.—

The scales on a coat of mail, Stat. Th. 11, 542; cf.:

equus, quem pellis aënis In plumam squamis auro conserta tegebat,

i. e. scales of brass overlaid on a skin, Verg. A. 11, 771 Serv. and Heyn. ad loc.:

equis operimenta erant, quae lintea ferreis laminis in modum plumae adnexuerant,

Sall. H. 4, 59 Dietsch.

sŏno, ŭi, ĭtum, 1 (ante-class. collat. form acc. to the 3d conj., sonit, Enn. and Att. ap. Non. 504, 32 sq.; sonunt, Enn. and Att. ib. 505, 11 sq.; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 863 P.; inf. sonĕre, Att. ap. Non. 505; Lucr. 3, 156; part. fut. sonaturum, Hor. S. 1, 4, 44; perf. sonaverint, Tert. ad Scap. 3; gen. plur. sonantum, Cat. 34, 12), v. n. and a. [Sanscr. svan-, to sound; cf. O. H. Germ. svana; Engl. swan].

Neutr., to make a noise, to sound, resound: aes sonit, the trumpet sounds, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 33 (Trag. v. 213 Vahl.):

plectra,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 62: tympana, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4 et saep.:

cujanam vox prope me sonat?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 55; id. Ps. 2, 4, 11; id. Rud. 1, 4, 10; id. Trin. 1, 2, 7:

hic mare sonat,

id. Rud. 1, 3, 23; cf.:

mare, silvae Aquilone,

Hor. Epod. 13, 3: omne sonabat arbustum fremitu silvaï [p. 1730] frondosaï, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 196 Vahl.):

clamore viri, stridore rudentes,

Ov. M. 11, 495:

omnia passim mulierum puerorumque... ploratibus,

Liv. 29, 17 et saep.:

(hirundo) circum Stagna sonat,

Verg. A. 12, 477; cf. Mart. 14, 223:

saeva sonare Verbera,

Verg. A. 6, 557:

classica sonant,

id. ib. 7, 637:

displosa sonat vesica,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 46:

fletus rixaeque sonant,

Tib. 2, 4, 37:

natura fert, ut extrema ex alterā parte graviter, ex alterā autem acute sonent,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18: dicta non sonant, do not chink (i. e. are not money), Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 74.— Impers. pass.:

jubet tibias agere: sonatur,

App. M. 5, p. 165.—

Act., to sound, utter, give utterance to, speak, call, cry out, sing, pour forth (syn.:

edo, eloquor, cano): homines inconditis vocibus inchoatum quiddam et confusum sonantes,

uttering, pronouncing, Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3:

sonare subagreste quiddam,

to speak, id. Brut. 74, 259:

pingue quiddam,

id. Arch. 10, 26; cf.:

(Sibylla) nec mortale sonans,

Verg. A. 6, 50:

illa sonat raucum,

Ov. A. A. 3, 289; cf.:

nec vox hominem sonat,

does not sound like that of a human being, Verg. A. 1, 328:

tale sonat populus,

calls, cries out, Ov. M. 15, 606:

exululatque Evoeque sonat,

id. ib. 6, 597; 4, 523: atavos et avorum antiqua sonans Nomina, boasting of, vaunting (syn.:

crepans, jactans),

Verg. A. 12, 529; cf.:

sonant te voce minores,

Sil. 2, 491: ut haec duo (honestas et utilitas) verbo inter se discrepare, re unum sonare videantur, to signify (syn.:

significare, indicare),

Cic. Off. 3, 21, 83; cf.:

quā deterius nec Ille sonat,

Juv. 3, 91:

Epicurum non intellegere interdum, quid sonet haec vox voluptatis, id est, quae res huic voci subiciatur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 6:

furem sonuere juvenci,

i. e. they betrayed him by their lowings, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 13:

Pythius in longā carmina veste sonat,

sings, pours forth, accompanies on the lyre, id. 2, 31 (3, 29), 16; cf.:

sonante mixtum tibiis carmen lyra,

Hor. Epod. 9, 5:

te sonantem... dura fugae mala,

id. C. 2, 13, 26: te carmina nostra sonabunt, shall sing of, i. e. shall celebrate, praise, extol, Ov. M. 10, 205; so,

Germanas acies, Daca proelia,

Stat. S. 4, 2, 66:

acta viri laudesque,

Nemes. Ecl. 1, 26.— Pass.:

sive mendaci lyrā Voles sonari,

Hor. Epod. 17, 40; cf.:

magno nobis ore sonandus eris,

Ov. A. A. 1, 206.—Hence, sŏ-nans, antis, P. a., noisy, sounding, sonorous (very rare):

meatus animae gravior et sonantior,

Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 13:

quod est sonantius et elatius,

id. ib. 7, 12, 4.