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nēnĭa | naenĭa | Nēnia (noun F) : (), (abl. neniā, dissyl., Ov. F. 6, 142)
* A funeral song, song of lamentation, dirge: naenia est carmen quod in funere laudandi gratiā cantatur ad tibiam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 161 Müll.; cf. Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; Diom. p. 482 P.: honoratorum virorum laudes cantu ad tibicinem prosequantur, cui nomen nenia,Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 62: absint inani funere neniae,Hor. C. 2, 20, 21; Suet. Aug. 100.
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* A mournful song or ditty of any kind: Ceae retractes munera neniae,Hor. C. 2, 1, 38: huic homini amanti mea era dixit neniam de bonis, has sung the death-dirge over his property, i. e. has buried, has consumed it, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 3.—Prov.: nenia ludo id fuit,my joy was turned to grief,Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 32.
* A magic song, incantation: Marsa,Hor. Epod. 17, 29.
* A common, trifling song, popular song; a nursery song, lullaby; a song in gen.: puerorum Nenia, quae regnum recte facientibus offert,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 62: dicetur meritā Nox quoque neniā,id. C. 3, 28, 16: legesne potius viles nenias?mere songs,Phaedr. 3 prol. 10: lenes neniae,lullabies,Arn. 7, 237: histrionis,id. 6, 197.
* Nenia soricina, the cry of the shrewmouse when caught and pierced through, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 48.
* Personified: , the goddess of funeral songs, the dirge-goddess, to whom a chapel was dedicated before the Viminal gate, Arn. 4, 131; Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 9.
* A funeral song, song of lamentation, dirge: naenia est carmen quod in funere laudandi gratiā cantatur ad tibiam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 161 Müll.; cf. Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; Diom. p. 482 P.: honoratorum virorum laudes cantu ad tibicinem prosequantur, cui nomen nenia,Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 62: absint inani funere neniae,Hor. C. 2, 20, 21; Suet. Aug. 100.
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* A mournful song or ditty of any kind: Ceae retractes munera neniae,Hor. C. 2, 1, 38: huic homini amanti mea era dixit neniam de bonis, has sung the death-dirge over his property, i. e. has buried, has consumed it, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 3.—Prov.: nenia ludo id fuit,my joy was turned to grief,Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 32.
* A magic song, incantation: Marsa,Hor. Epod. 17, 29.
* A common, trifling song, popular song; a nursery song, lullaby; a song in gen.: puerorum Nenia, quae regnum recte facientibus offert,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 62: dicetur meritā Nox quoque neniā,id. C. 3, 28, 16: legesne potius viles nenias?mere songs,Phaedr. 3 prol. 10: lenes neniae,lullabies,Arn. 7, 237: histrionis,id. 6, 197.
* Nenia soricina, the cry of the shrewmouse when caught and pierced through, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 48.
* Personified: , the goddess of funeral songs, the dirge-goddess, to whom a chapel was dedicated before the Viminal gate, Arn. 4, 131; Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 9.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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