lychnus
From LSJ
Ἡμερὶ πανθέλκτειρα, μεθυτρόφε, μῆτερ ὀπώρας ... → All-soothing vine, nurse of the wine, vintage's mother ... (Anthologia Palatina 7.24.1)
Latin > English
lychnus lychni N M :: lamp (esp. one hung from the ceiling)
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.
