Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Thŏas

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I. A king of the Chersonesus Taurica, under whom Iphigenia was priestess of the Tauric Diana; he was slain by Orestes, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59; id. Tr. 1, 9, 28; 4, 4, 66.—Hence, Thŏantēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thoas; poet. for Tauric: “Diana,” Val. Fl. 8, 208; Sil. 14, 260; “called also dea,” Ov. Ib. 386. —

II. A king of Lemnos, father of Hypsipyle, by whom he was conveyed to Chios, when the women of Lemnos slew all the men there, Hyg. Fab. 15; Ov. H. 6, 135; id. M. 13, 399; Stat. Th. 5, 239 sq.—Hence,

1. Thŏantĭ-ăs , ădis, f., daughter of Thoas, i. e. Hypsipyle, Ov. H. 6, 163. —

2. Thŏantis , ĭdis, f., the same, Stat. Th. 5, 650; 5, 700.—

III. An Ætolian, son of Andræmon, one of the Greeks who besieged Troy, Verg. A. 2, 262; Hyg. Fab. 81; 97; 114.—

IV. A companion of Æneas, Verg. A. 10, 415.

A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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