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olorine
olorine
English
Adjective
olorine (comparative more olorine, superlative most olorine)
- (archaic, rare) Of, pertaining to, or delighted in by swans; cygnine.
- a. 1888, [early Scottish source], , , :
- In Badgenoth sal ȝe find the Glancatten with sum statelie persones with thame of their clan togither with thair cheif, quhome they cal Makantoshe: Mairouer Moray hes a freshe water loch called Spynie, that mekle abundes in Swanis, in quhilke loch is a certane herb verie rare and sindle to be found, in quhilke because the Swan hes sa gret delyte, we cal the herbe olorine (because the swan in latin is olor).
- 1895, Neil Roy, The Horseman’s Word: A Novel, Macmillan, page 217:
- [“…] the loch, whereof they eat, and which faileth not even in winter; and men call it swan-girs, but the real name thereof is olorine, whereof so long as they eat they grow not old, neither are any to be found dead among them.”
- 2004, The Classical Outlook LXXXII, American Classical League (New York University), page 153:
- Verbal fidelity can be confusing: pollex is always rendered as “thumb” (Ovid usually means “finger” or “hand”), olorinis becomes “olorine.”
- a. 1888, [early Scottish source], , , :
Synonyms
- (of or pertaining to swans): cygnine
Translations
of or pertaining to swans — see cygnine