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Daphne

Daphne · f

the laurel-tree, bay-tree

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Where it lives

Eclogues 8 · 17.63/10k
Verus 1 · 4.86/10k
Avidius Cassius 1 · 3.83/10k
Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 1 · 1.82/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 1 · 0.87/10k
Ars Amatoria 1 · 0.67/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epistulae 1 · 0.39/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.26/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

dā^phne — Lewis & Short

dā^phne (Inscr. freq. DAPHINE, v. Ritschl, Opusc. Phil. 2, 483 sq.), ēs, f., = da/fnh,

I the laurel-tree, bay-tree: baccis redimita daphne, Petr. 131, 8.—Hence,

II Proper name Daphne, es, f.

A The daughter of the river-god Peneus; she was changed into a laurel-tree, Ov. M. 1, 452; id. H. 15, 25; Hyg. Fab. 203; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 91: according to Serv. Verg. A. 2, 513, and id. Ecl. 3, 63, daughter of the river-god Ladon.—

B A place in Syria, near Antioch, Liv. 33, 49; Hieron. in Ezech. 47, 18; Amm. 19, 12; Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 33.—Hence,

1 Daphnaeus, a, um, adj., of or at Daphne, Apollo, Amm. 22, 13, 1.—

2 Daphnensis, e, adj., belonging to Daphne: lucus, Cod. Just. 11, 77, 1: palatium, Cod. Theod. 15, 2, 2.

In the wild

Daphnen Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 19.12.19
Daphnis Vergil, Eclogues 5
DAPHNIS Vergil, Eclogues 5
Daphnen Ovid, Epistulae 15.25
Daphnes Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.490
Daphnis Martial, Epigrammata 3.5.6

6 of 27 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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