ăpŏcŏlŏcyntōsis
ăpŏcŏlŏcyntōsis, is, f., = ἀποκολοκύντωσις, the Metamorphosis into a Pumpkin, the title of an insipid lampoon written by the philosopher Seneca upon Claudius Cæsar. who, acc. to this title, instead of being transformed to a god, is changed to a pumpkin; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. pp. 469 and 470; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 284, 7.
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Headword:
ăpŏcŏlŏcyntōsis
Headword (normalized):
ăpŏcŏlŏcyntōsis
Headword (normalized/stripped):
apocolocyntosis
Intro Text:
ăpŏcŏlŏcyntōsis, is, f., = ἀποκολοκύντωσις, the Metamorphosis into a Pumpkin, the title of an insipid lampoon written by the philosopher Seneca upon Claudius Cæsar. who, acc. to this title, instead of being transformed to a god, is changed to a pumpkin; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. pp. 469 and 470; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 284, 7.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n3044
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