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|lshtext=<b>Prō&#774;gnē</b>: or Prō&#774;cnē, ēs, f., = Πρόκνη,<br /><b>I</b> Daughter of [[Pandion]], [[king]] of [[Athens]], [[sister]] of [[Philomela]], and [[wife]] of [[Tereus]]; she [[was]] changed [[into]] a [[swallow]]: natae ex Philomelā [[atque]] ex [[Progne]] hirundines, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 12; Ov. M. 6, 440 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> Poet., transf., a [[swallow]], Verg. G. 4, 15; Ov. F. 2, 855; id. Tr. 5, 1, 60.—<br /><b>III</b> An [[island]] [[near]] [[Rhodes]], Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 133.
|lshtext=<b>Prō&#774;gnē</b>: or Prō&#774;cnē, ēs, f., = Πρόκνη,<br /><b>I</b> Daughter of [[Pandion]], [[king]] of [[Athens]], [[sister]] of [[Philomela]], and [[wife]] of [[Tereus]]; she [[was]] changed [[into]] a [[swallow]]: natae ex Philomelā [[atque]] ex [[Progne]] hirundines, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 12; Ov. M. 6, 440 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> Poet., transf., a [[swallow]], Verg. G. 4, 15; Ov. F. 2, 855; id. Tr. 5, 1, 60.—<br /><b>III</b> An [[island]] [[near]] [[Rhodes]], Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 133.
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Revision as of 06:48, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Prō̆gnē: or Prō̆cnē, ēs, f., = Πρόκνη,
I Daughter of Pandion, king of Athens, sister of Philomela, and wife of Tereus; she was changed into a swallow: natae ex Philomelā atque ex Progne hirundines, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 12; Ov. M. 6, 440 sq.—
II Poet., transf., a swallow, Verg. G. 4, 15; Ov. F. 2, 855; id. Tr. 5, 1, 60.—
III An island near Rhodes, Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 133.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Prognē, ēs, f., v. Procne.