Lўcambes
Lўcambes, ae, m., = Λυκάμβης, a Theban who promised his daughter to Archilochus, and afterwards refused her; for which he was pursued by the poet with such bitter sarcasm that he hung both himself and his daughter: qualis Lycambae spretus infido gener, Hor. Epod. 6, 13; cf. id. Ep. 1, 19, 30. —Hence, Lўcambēus, a, um, adj., of Lycambes: sanguis, Ov. Ib. 54.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
lўcambes
Headword (normalized/stripped):
lуcambes
Intro Text:
Lўcambes, ae, m., = Λυκάμβης, a Theban who promised his daughter to Archilochus, and afterwards refused her; for which he was pursued by the poet with such bitter sarcasm that he hung both himself and his daughter: qualis Lycambae spretus infido gener, Hor. Epod. 6, 13; cf. id. Ep. 1, 19, 30. —Hence, Lўcambēus, a, um, adj., of Lycambes: sanguis, Ov. Ib. 54.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n27318
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