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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1026.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1026.jpg}}]](Rocks) Συμπληγάδες, αἱ, or Πέτραι Συμπληγάδες, αἱ, also called Κυάνειαι Πέτραι.
|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1026.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1026.jpg}}]](Rocks) Συμπληγάδες, αἱ, or Πέτραι Συμπληγάδες, αἱ, also called Κυάνειαι Πέτραι.
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|lshtext=<b>Symplēgădes</b>: um, f., = Συμπληγάδες ([[that]] [[strike]] [[together]]).<br /><b>I</b> Two [[rocky]] islands in the Euxine [[that]], according to the [[fable]], floated [[about]] [[dashing]] [[against]] and rebounding from [[each]] [[other]], [[until]] at [[length]] [[they]] became [[fixed]] on the [[passage]] of the [[Argo]] [[between]] [[them]], Mel. 2, 7, 11; Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 92; 6, 12, 13, § 32; Ov. M. 15, 338; Hyg. Fab. 19.—In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]> Symplegas, Val. Fl. 4, 221; Luc. 2, 718; gen. Symplegados, Val. Fl. 5, 300; acc. Symplegada, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 30.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.: symplēgas, ădis, f.; as an appellative, a joining [[together]], [[cohesion]]: praebente algam densi symplegade limi, Rutil. Itin. 1, 461.—Of the [[buttocks]], Mart. 11, 99, 5; Aus. Epigr. 108, 8.
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(Rocks) Συμπληγάδες, αἱ, or Πέτραι Συμπληγάδες, αἱ, also called Κυάνειαι Πέτραι.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Symplēgădes: um, f., = Συμπληγάδες (that strike together).
I Two rocky islands in the Euxine that, according to the fable, floated about dashing against and rebounding from each other, until at length they became fixed on the passage of the Argo between them, Mel. 2, 7, 11; Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 92; 6, 12, 13, § 32; Ov. M. 15, 338; Hyg. Fab. 19.—In <number opt="n">sing.</number> Symplegas, Val. Fl. 4, 221; Luc. 2, 718; gen. Symplegados, Val. Fl. 5, 300; acc. Symplegada, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 30.—
II Transf.: symplēgas, ădis, f.; as an appellative, a joining together, cohesion: praebente algam densi symplegade limi, Rutil. Itin. 1, 461.—Of the buttocks, Mart. 11, 99, 5; Aus. Epigr. 108, 8.