lychnus
From LSJ
ἀκίνδυνοι δ' ἀρεταὶ οὔτε παρ' ἀνδράσιν οὔτ' ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαις τίμιαι → but excellence without danger is honored neither among men nor in hollow ships
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lychnus: (old Latinized form lucinus, Enn.; cf. Ritschl in Rhein. Mus. 10, p. 448 sq.), i, m., = λύχνος,
I a light, a lamp: pendentes lychni, Lucr. 5, 295: lux alia est solis et lychnorum, Cic. Cael. 28, 67; Verg. A. 1, 726; Stat. Th. 1, 520.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lychnus,¹⁴ ī, m. (λύχνος), lampe : Lucr. 5, 295 ; Cic. Cæl. 67 ; Virg. En. 1, 726 ; pendentes lychni Lucr. 1, 43, lustres.
Latin > German (Georges)
lychnus, ī, m. (λύχνος), die Leuchte, der Leuchter, die Lampe, Enn. ann. 323. Lucil. 15. Lucr. 5, 295. Cic. Cael. 67. Verg. Aen. 1, 726 (wo Ribbeck lychinus liest). Stat. Theb. 1, 520.
