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noun greek

lychnus

gen. lychni · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
(old Latinized form lucinus, Enn.; cf. Ritschl in Rhein. Mus. 10, p. 448 sq.), , , = λύχνος
a light, a lamp •
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.
Perseus ID: n27336 Key: lychnus