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Chimaera

Chimaera · f

a fabulous monster in Lycia

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Where it lives

Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
Carmina 3 · 2.26/10k
Medea 1 · 1.77/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
Tristia 2 · 0.88/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.81/10k
Aeneid 4 · 0.63/10k
de Natura Deorum 2 · 0.56/10k
De Rerum Natura 2 · 0.41/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Chĭmaera — Lewis & Short

Chĭmaera, ae, f., = *xi/maira (lit. a goat),

I a fabulous monster in Lycia, which vomited fire; in front a lion, in the hinder part a dragon, and in the middle a goat; slain by Bellerophon, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 108; 2, 2, 5; Lucr. 5, 903; 2, 705; Tib. 3, 4, 86; Verg. A. 6, 288; Hor. C. 1, 27, 24; 2, 17, 13; 4, 2, 16; Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 13; 2, 397; Sen. Ep. 113, 8; Hyg. Fab. 57; Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 118; 6, 288; its figure, used to adorn a helmet, Verg. A. 7, 785.—

II A mountain in Lycia that sent forth flames, and is said to have given rise to the preceding fable, Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 236; 5, 27, 28, § 100; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 288.—Deriv.,

B Chĭmaerēus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the mountain Chimœra: liquor, Verg. Cul. 14 Wagn.—

III One of the ships of the companions of Æneas, Verg. A. 5, 118 and 223; cf. Sil. 14, 498.

Where it came from

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