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Procnean

Procnean adjective: pertaining to or reminiscent of Procne.

Adjective

Procnean (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Pertaining to or reminiscent of Procne.
    • As in the twin engravings by Antonio Tempesta (Plates 3 and 4), of Tereus and Philomena, and the Procnean banquet, the follow-through from rape to death was a frequent Renaissance theme.1985, Bowers, Studies in iconography, volume 10, page 93
    • In making his Althaea post- and propter-Procnean, Ovid extends the same rhetoric of maternal revenge and the conflictual passions and identities associated with it, [...]2015, Mairéad McAuley., Reproducing Rome: Motherhood in Virgil, Ovid, Seneca, and Statius, →ISBN

Origin of Procnean

From Procne + -an.

Questions about Procnean

What does Procnean mean?
Procnean means pertaining to or reminiscent of Procne.
What part of speech is Procnean?
Procnean is an adjective.

Words near Procnean in the dictionary

  1. proclivous
  2. proclonol
  3. proclotting
  4. Proclus
  5. Procne
  6. Procnean
  7. procoagulability
  8. procoagulable
  9. procoagulant
  10. procoagulantly
  11. procoagulants

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