 | Virgil - 1872 - 972 pages
...vii., 302. CHIMERA. I. A fabulous monster, offspring of Typhon and Echidna, having the head and neck of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent, and vomiting fire, b. vi., 288 ; b. vii., 785. — 11. The name of a ship, b. v., 118, 223.... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1904 - 596 pages
...science of life. 7. Something occasionally seen after a summer shower. 8. A fabulous monster having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of adragon. 9. A substance made by bees. lo. Anything bought cheap. II. A keeping or guarding. 12. A strongman.... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 pages
...Forsook (obs. as participle). /omwfcew.— -Dire chimeras. The chimera was a firevomiting monster, having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. Paradise Lost, ir., 628.— Rifted, rent asunder, split. Near Tienarus (Cupe Matapnn) was a... | |
 | Virgil - 1877 - 356 pages
...between Italy and Sicily, opposite the rock Scylla. СЫтгега, а1, /., a fabulous monster, with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon, said to spit fire; tho name of one of the ships of ЛЗпеая. Chlämys, fais, f., a large... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 462 pages
...participle), foreaktn.— Dire chimeras. The dtimtra wae a firevomit i ni; mounter, h.'ivinsr i lie head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon, i'aradigcLost, IL. (J'¿8. —Rifted, rent asunder, split. Ne.-ir Tienarus (Cupe Matapnn) was... | |
 | Henry Simmons Frieze - 1882 - 282 pages
...3, 415. 36 CHIMAERA 37 Chïmaera, ae, f., Xi>aipa. 1. A monster, said to have infested Lycia, having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon, and breathing out ßre, 6, 288. 2. The name of one of the ships of Aeneas, 5, 118. Chiron,... | |
 | Virgil - 1882 - 346 pages
...whirlpool between Italy and Sicily, opposite the rock Scylla. Chlmsra, n>, /., a fabulous monster, with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon, said to spit fire; the name of one of the ships of tineas. Chlamys, ydia,/., a large woollen... | |
 | Philip Van Ness Myers - 1882 - 512 pages
...serpents. A single gaze upon them chilled the beholder to stone. The Chimaera was a monster with " the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent, and vomited forth fire." (From this impossible monster we have come to call any improbable... | |
 | Virgil, Henry Simmons Frieze - 1883 - 974 pages
...snake, G. 3, 415. СЫтаега, ас, f., Xi><upa. 1. A mounter, mid to haue infested Lucia, having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon, and breathing out flre, 6, 288. 2. T/te name of one of the ships of Aeneas, 5, 1 18. Chiron,... | |
 | Virgil - 1883 - 748 pages
...3. 415. CHIMAERA 37 Cblmaera, ae, f., Хциира. 1. A monster, said to ham Infested Lycia, having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon, and breathing out ßre, 6, 288. 2. The name of one of the ships of Aeneas, 5, 118. СЫгвп,... | |
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Greek legend, a monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. 
