daughter of Ceres

Cĕrēs (cf. Verg. G. 1, 96; Ov. F. 4, 615; Mart. 3, 58, 6), ĕris ( gen. CERERVS, Inscr. Fabr. p. 626, 225; cf. Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [Sabini Cererem panem appellant, Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 7; prop. the goddess of creation (cf. Serv. l. l.), from the stem cer, Sanscr. kri, to make], the daughter of Saturn and Ops, Ov. F. 6, 285, sister of Jupiter and Pluto, mother of Proserpine, goddess of agriculture, esp. of the cultivation of corn, and of the growth of fruits in gen. (cf. Cerealis);

represented as upon a chariot drawn by dragons, with a torch in her hand, and crowned with poppies or ears of corn,

Ov. F. 4, 497; 4, 561; 3, 786; 4, 616; id. Am. 3, 10, 3; Tib. 1, 1, 15; 2, 1, 4; Verg. G. 1, 96; Hor. C. S. 30; cf. O. Müll. Archaeol. § 357 sq.: templum Desertae Cereris, deserted (because the temple was in a solitary, secluded place), Verg. A. 2, 714:

Cereri nuptias facere,

i. e. without wine, Plaut. Aul. 2, 6, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 343.—From the names of places where she was worshipped, called Ceres Hennensis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107; Lact. 2, 4, 28:

Catinensis, id. l. l.: Eleusina,

id. 1, 21, 24:

Milesia,

id. 2, 7, 19; cf. Val. Max. 1, 1, ext. 5.—

Ceres profunda or inferna, i. e. Proserpina, Stat. Th. 4, 460; 5, 156; cf.:

sacerdos Cererum,

Inscr. Orell. 6082.—

Meton., food, bread, fruit, corn, grain, etc., Fest. s. v. cocus, p. 45; cf.:

fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60; Verg. G. 1, 297; id. A. 1, 177; 1, 701; Hor. C. 3, 24, 13; id. Epod. 16, 43; Ov. M. 3, 437; 8, 292; 11, 112 al.—Prov.:

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60.

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Lībĕra, ae, f. [3. Liber].

Proserpine, daughter of Ceres, and sister of Liber:

hunc dico Liberum Semelā natum, non eum, quem nostri majores auguste sancteque Liberum cum Cerere et Libera consecraverunt, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:

Ceres et Libera, quarum sacra, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 72, §

137: signa aënea Cereri, Libero Liberaeque posuerunt,

Liv. 33, 25:

supplicatio ad Cereris, Liberi Liberaeque fuit,

id. 41, 28;

for which in full: familia ad aedem Cereris, Liberi Liberaeque venum iret,

id. 3, 55, 7.—

Ariadne (because she was the wife of Bacchus), Ov. F. 3, 512.

Prō̆serpĭna, ae, f., = Persephonê.

Proserpine, daughter of Ceres and Jupiter, and wife of Pluto, who seized her as she was gathering flowers in Sicily, and carried her away to the infernal regions:

Cereris Proserpina puer,

Naev. 2, 18; cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 53; 3, 34, 83; Ov. M. 5, 391; Hyg. Fab. 146.—

Poet., for the Lower World:

sed me Imperiosa trahit Proserpina: vive, valeque,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 109.

pŭer, ĕri (old voc. puere, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 2; 5, 2, 42; id. Most. 4, 2, 32 et saep.; Caecil. and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.; gen. plur. puerūm, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50), m. (v. infra) [root pu-, to beget; v. pudes; and cf. pupa, putus], orig. a child, whether boy or girl:

pueri appellatione etiam puella significatur,

Dig. 50, 16, 163.—Thus, as fem.: sancta puer Saturni filia, regina, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.:

prima incedit Cereris Proserpina puer,

i.e. daughter of Ceres, Naev. ib. p. 697 P.: mea puer, mea puer, Poët. ap. Charis. p. 64 P.; Ael. Stil. and As. ib. p. 64 P.—Hence, freq. in the plur. pueri, children, in gen., Plaut. Poen. prol. 28; 30:

infantium puerorum incunabula,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

cinis eorum pueros tarde dentientes adjuvat cum melle,

Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 22; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 7; id. C. 4, 9, 24.—

In partic.

A male child, a boy, lad, young man (strictly till the seventeenth year, but freq. applied to those who are much older):

puero isti date mammam,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 1:

aliquam puero nutricem para,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 104; 5, 2, 4:

homini ilico lacrimae cadunt Quasi puero,

id. Ad. 4, 1, 21:

quo portas puerum?

id. And. 4, 3, 7:

nescire quid antea quam natus sis, acciderit, id est semper esse puerum,

Cic. Or. 34, 120; Ov. P. 4, 12, 20:

laudator temporis acti Se puero,

when he was a boy, Hor. A. P. 173; cf.:

foeminae praetextatique pueri et puellae,

Suet. Claud. 35.—A puero, and with plur. verb, a pueris (cf. Gr. ek paidos, ek paidôn), from a boy, boyhood, or childhood (cf. ab):

doctum hominem cognovi, idque a puero,

Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 4; id. Ac. 2, 3, 8:

diligentiā matris a puero doctus,

id. Brut. 27, 104;

Hor S. 1, 4, 97: ad eas artes, quibus a pueris dediti fuimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2.—In like manner: ut primum [p. 1487] ex pueris excessit Archias, as soon as he ceased to be a child, Cic. Arch. 3, 4.—

A grown-up youth, young man, Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 2:

puer egregius praesidium sibi primum et nobis, deinde summae rei publicae comparavit, of Octavian at the age of nineteen,

id. ib. 12, 25, 4 (cf. Vell. 2, 61, 1; Tac. A. 13, 6); cf.

of the same: nomen clarissimi adulescentis vel pueri potius,

Cic. Phil. 4, 1, 3;

of Scipio Africanus, at the age of twenty,

Sil. 15, 33; 44 (coupled with juvenis, id. 15, 10 and 18);

of Pallas, in military command,

Verg. A. 11, 42.—

An unmarried man, a bachelor, Ov. F. 4, 226.—

As a pet name, or in familiar address, boy, fellow, Cat. 12, 9; Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17.—

Transf.

A little son, a son ( poet.), Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 72:

Ascanius puer,

Verg. A. 2, 598:

tuque (Venus) puerque tuus (Cupido),

id. ib. 4, 94; cf. Hor. C. 1, 32, 10:

Latonae puer,

id. ib. 4, 6, 37:

Semeles puer,

id. ib. 1, 19, 2:

deorum pueri,

id. A. P. 83; 185.—

A boy for attendance, a servant, slave:

cedo aquam manibus, puer,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150; Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

Persicos odi, puer, apparatus,

Hor. C. 1, 38, 1; 2, 11, 18; 4, 11, 10:

hic vivum mihi cespitem ponite, pueri,

id. ib. 1, 19, 14:

cena ministratur pueris tribus,

id. S. 1, 6, 116:

tum pueri nautis, pueris convicia nautae Ingerere,

id. ib. 1, 5, 11:

regii,

royal pages, Liv. 45, 6; Curt. 5, 2, 13:

litteratissimi,

Nep. Att. 13, 3; Juv. 11, 59; Dig. 50, 16, 204.—

As adj., youthful:

puera facies,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 25, 217.

Pĕlops, ŏpis, m., = Pelops.

Son of Tantalus, king of Phrygia, father of Atreus and Thyestes, grandfather of Agamemnon and Menelaus; in his childhood he was served up to the gods by his father for food (truncatus Pelops, Stat. Th. 4, 590), but was recalled to life by Jupiter, who gave him an ivory shoulder in place of the one eaten by Ceres (umeroque Pelops insignis eburno, Verg. G. 3, 7). Being afterwards driven out of Phrygia, he went to Elis, and by artifice obtained the hand of Hippodamia, daughter [p. 1327] of king Œnomaus, to whose throne he succeeded. By means of the wealth which he brought with him, he acquired so great an influence that the entire peninsula was called, after him, the island of Pelops (Peloponnesus), Hyg. Fab. 83, 84; Serv. Verg. G. 3, 7; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 53; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107; 2, 27, 67: Pelope natus, i. e. Thyestes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 397 Vahl.):

ex Tantalo Pelops, ex Pelope autem satus Atreus, Trag. Rel. Inc. Fab. v. 102 Rib.: Pelopis genitor,

i. e. Tantalus, Hor. C. 1, 28, 7.

Pĕlŏpēïas, ădis, f. adj., Pelopian, Peloponnesian:

Pelopeïadesque Mycenae,

Ov. M. 6, 414.—

Pĕlŏpēïs, ĭdis, f. adj., Pelopian, Peloponnesian:

Pelopeides undae,

the sea that surrounds the Peloponnesus, Ov. F. 4, 285.—Hence, Pĕlŏpēĭdes, um, f., the Argive women, Stat. Th. 10, 50; 12, 540.—

Pĕlŏpēïus, a, um, adj., = Pelopêios.

Pelopian:

Pelopeius Atreus,

Ov. H. 8, 27:

virgo,

i. e. Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, id. Tr. 4, 4, 67:

arva,

i. e. Phrygia, the native country of Pelops, id. M. 8, 622.— Subst.: Pĕlŏpēia, ae, f., a female descendant of Pelops, Ov. H. 8, 81.—

Peloponnesian:

Pelopeia sedes,

i. e. the seat of Creon, king of Corinth, Sen. Med. 891:

oppida,

Claud. in Rufin. 2, 188:

regna,

the Peloponnesus, Stat. Th. 1, 117. —

Pĕlŏpēus, a, um, adj.

Pelopian:

Agamemnon,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 33:

domus,

the race of the Pelopides, id. 3, 17, 20 (4, 18, 20):

P. Orestes,

Luc. 7, 778.— Subst.: Pĕlŏpēa, ae, f., the daughter of Pelops, Ov. Ib. 361; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 291; the name of a tragedy, Juv. 7, 92.—

Peloponnesian:

Pelopea phalanx,

the Argive army, Stat. Th. 7, 422.— Poet., in a more extended sense, for Grecian:

Pelopea ad moenia,

i. e. to Greece, Verg. A. 2, 193.—

Pĕlŏpĭdae, ārum, m., the descendants of Pelops (notorious for their crimes), the Pelopides, Hyg. Fab. 86; an old poet in Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 2; 7, 30, 1; id. Att. 14, 12, 2; 15, 11, 3 (applied by Cicero to the adherents of Cæsar).—

Pĕlŏpĭus, a, um, adj., Pelopian:

Pelopia domus,

Sen. Agam. 7.—

A slave's name, Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1.

Pĕlops, ŏpis, m., = Pelops.

Son of Tantalus, king of Phrygia, father of Atreus and Thyestes, grandfather of Agamemnon and Menelaus; in his childhood he was served up to the gods by his father for food (truncatus Pelops, Stat. Th. 4, 590), but was recalled to life by Jupiter, who gave him an ivory shoulder in place of the one eaten by Ceres (umeroque Pelops insignis eburno, Verg. G. 3, 7). Being afterwards driven out of Phrygia, he went to Elis, and by artifice obtained the hand of Hippodamia, daughter [p. 1327] of king Œnomaus, to whose throne he succeeded. By means of the wealth which he brought with him, he acquired so great an influence that the entire peninsula was called, after him, the island of Pelops (Peloponnesus), Hyg. Fab. 83, 84; Serv. Verg. G. 3, 7; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 53; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107; 2, 27, 67: Pelope natus, i. e. Thyestes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 397 Vahl.):

ex Tantalo Pelops, ex Pelope autem satus Atreus, Trag. Rel. Inc. Fab. v. 102 Rib.: Pelopis genitor,

i. e. Tantalus, Hor. C. 1, 28, 7.

Pĕlŏpēïas, ădis, f. adj., Pelopian, Peloponnesian:

Pelopeïadesque Mycenae,

Ov. M. 6, 414.—

Pĕlŏpēïs, ĭdis, f. adj., Pelopian, Peloponnesian:

Pelopeides undae,

the sea that surrounds the Peloponnesus, Ov. F. 4, 285.—Hence, Pĕlŏpēĭdes, um, f., the Argive women, Stat. Th. 10, 50; 12, 540.—

Pĕlŏpēïus, a, um, adj., = Pelopêios.

Pelopian:

Pelopeius Atreus,

Ov. H. 8, 27:

virgo,

i. e. Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, id. Tr. 4, 4, 67:

arva,

i. e. Phrygia, the native country of Pelops, id. M. 8, 622.— Subst.: Pĕlŏpēia, ae, f., a female descendant of Pelops, Ov. H. 8, 81.—

Peloponnesian:

Pelopeia sedes,

i. e. the seat of Creon, king of Corinth, Sen. Med. 891:

oppida,

Claud. in Rufin. 2, 188:

regna,

the Peloponnesus, Stat. Th. 1, 117. —

Pĕlŏpēus, a, um, adj.

Pelopian:

Agamemnon,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 33:

domus,

the race of the Pelopides, id. 3, 17, 20 (4, 18, 20):

P. Orestes,

Luc. 7, 778.— Subst.: Pĕlŏpēa, ae, f., the daughter of Pelops, Ov. Ib. 361; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 291; the name of a tragedy, Juv. 7, 92.—

Peloponnesian:

Pelopea phalanx,

the Argive army, Stat. Th. 7, 422.— Poet., in a more extended sense, for Grecian:

Pelopea ad moenia,

i. e. to Greece, Verg. A. 2, 193.—

Pĕlŏpĭdae, ārum, m., the descendants of Pelops (notorious for their crimes), the Pelopides, Hyg. Fab. 86; an old poet in Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 2; 7, 30, 1; id. Att. 14, 12, 2; 15, 11, 3 (applied by Cicero to the adherents of Cæsar).—

Pĕlŏpĭus, a, um, adj., Pelopian:

Pelopia domus,

Sen. Agam. 7.—

A slave's name, Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1.

Pĕlops, ŏpis, m., = Pelops.

Son of Tantalus, king of Phrygia, father of Atreus and Thyestes, grandfather of Agamemnon and Menelaus; in his childhood he was served up to the gods by his father for food (truncatus Pelops, Stat. Th. 4, 590), but was recalled to life by Jupiter, who gave him an ivory shoulder in place of the one eaten by Ceres (umeroque Pelops insignis eburno, Verg. G. 3, 7). Being afterwards driven out of Phrygia, he went to Elis, and by artifice obtained the hand of Hippodamia, daughter [p. 1327] of king Œnomaus, to whose throne he succeeded. By means of the wealth which he brought with him, he acquired so great an influence that the entire peninsula was called, after him, the island of Pelops (Peloponnesus), Hyg. Fab. 83, 84; Serv. Verg. G. 3, 7; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 53; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107; 2, 27, 67: Pelope natus, i. e. Thyestes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 397 Vahl.):

ex Tantalo Pelops, ex Pelope autem satus Atreus, Trag. Rel. Inc. Fab. v. 102 Rib.: Pelopis genitor,

i. e. Tantalus, Hor. C. 1, 28, 7.

Pĕlŏpēïas, ădis, f. adj., Pelopian, Peloponnesian:

Pelopeïadesque Mycenae,

Ov. M. 6, 414.—

Pĕlŏpēïs, ĭdis, f. adj., Pelopian, Peloponnesian:

Pelopeides undae,

the sea that surrounds the Peloponnesus, Ov. F. 4, 285.—Hence, Pĕlŏpēĭdes, um, f., the Argive women, Stat. Th. 10, 50; 12, 540.—

Pĕlŏpēïus, a, um, adj., = Pelopêios.

Pelopian:

Pelopeius Atreus,

Ov. H. 8, 27:

virgo,

i. e. Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, id. Tr. 4, 4, 67:

arva,

i. e. Phrygia, the native country of Pelops, id. M. 8, 622.— Subst.: Pĕlŏpēia, ae, f., a female descendant of Pelops, Ov. H. 8, 81.—

Peloponnesian:

Pelopeia sedes,

i. e. the seat of Creon, king of Corinth, Sen. Med. 891:

oppida,

Claud. in Rufin. 2, 188:

regna,

the Peloponnesus, Stat. Th. 1, 117. —

Pĕlŏpēus, a, um, adj.

Pelopian:

Agamemnon,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 33:

domus,

the race of the Pelopides, id. 3, 17, 20 (4, 18, 20):

P. Orestes,

Luc. 7, 778.— Subst.: Pĕlŏpēa, ae, f., the daughter of Pelops, Ov. Ib. 361; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 291; the name of a tragedy, Juv. 7, 92.—

Peloponnesian:

Pelopea phalanx,

the Argive army, Stat. Th. 7, 422.— Poet., in a more extended sense, for Grecian:

Pelopea ad moenia,

i. e. to Greece, Verg. A. 2, 193.—

Pĕlŏpĭdae, ārum, m., the descendants of Pelops (notorious for their crimes), the Pelopides, Hyg. Fab. 86; an old poet in Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 2; 7, 30, 1; id. Att. 14, 12, 2; 15, 11, 3 (applied by Cicero to the adherents of Cæsar).—

Pĕlŏpĭus, a, um, adj., Pelopian:

Pelopia domus,

Sen. Agam. 7.—

A slave's name, Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1.

Īăsĭus, ĭi, m., = Iasios.

Son of Jupiter and Electra, beloved of Ceres, Verg. A. 3, 168; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 25.—Called also Īăsĭon, Ov. M. 9, 423; id. Tr. 2, 300; Hyg. F. 270; id. Astr. 2, 22.—

King of Argos and father of Atalanta, Hyg. F. 70.—

Derivv.

Īăsĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Iasius, Iasian, poet. for Argive:

virgo,

i. e. Io, daughter of the Argive king Inachus, Val. Fl. 4, 353.—

Īăsĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Iasius:

Palinurus,

Verg. A. 5, 843; applied to Adrastus, Stat. Th. 1, 541.—

Īăsis, idos, f., the daughter of Iasius, i. e. Atalanta, Prop. 1, 1, 10.

Īăsĭus, a, um.

Of or belonging to Iasius; v. 1. Iasius, II. B. a.—

Of or belonging to the city of Iassus; v. Iassus, II. A.

Mīlētus, i, m., = Milêtos, the father of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 443.— Hence, Mīlētis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Miletus:

moesta,

Ov. M. 9, 634.

Mīlētus ( - tos), i, f., = Milêtos, the city of Miletus, in Caria, the birthplace of Thales, Mel. 1, 17, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2.—Esp., as a proverb for luxury and wantonness:

paupertas Romana perit, hinc fluxit ad istos et Sybaris colles, hinc et Rhodos et Miletos,

Juv. 6, 296. —Hence,

Mīlēsĭus, a, um, adj., = Milêsios, of or belonging to the city of Miletus, Milesian:

Milesia mulier,

Cic. Clu. 11, 32:

vellera,

Verg. G. 3, 306:

lana,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple and oracle at Miletus, App. M. 4, p. 157, 19:

Ceres,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 5: carmina, v. in the foll.—

Subst.

Mīlēsĭa, ae, f., Miletus:

propter Milesiae conditorem,

App. M. 4, p. 157, 29.—

Mīlēsii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Miletus, Milesians, famous for their luxury and wantonness, Liv. 38, 39. 9;

hence, transf.: Milesia carmina,

wanton, lascivious songs, Ov. Tr. 2, 413:

sermo Milesius,

obscent stories, App. M. 1 init.; for which, as subst., Mīlēsĭae, ārum, f. plur. (sc. fabulae), Sev. Aug. ap. Capitol. Albin. 12.—

Mī-lētis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to Miletus, Milesian:

Miletida ad urbem, i. e. Tomi,

a colony of Milesians, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 41.

Mīlētus, i, m., = Milêtos, the father of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 443.— Hence, Mīlētis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Miletus:

moesta,

Ov. M. 9, 634.

Mīlētus ( - tos), i, f., = Milêtos, the city of Miletus, in Caria, the birthplace of Thales, Mel. 1, 17, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2.—Esp., as a proverb for luxury and wantonness:

paupertas Romana perit, hinc fluxit ad istos et Sybaris colles, hinc et Rhodos et Miletos,

Juv. 6, 296. —Hence,

Mīlēsĭus, a, um, adj., = Milêsios, of or belonging to the city of Miletus, Milesian:

Milesia mulier,

Cic. Clu. 11, 32:

vellera,

Verg. G. 3, 306:

lana,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple and oracle at Miletus, App. M. 4, p. 157, 19:

Ceres,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 5: carmina, v. in the foll.—

Subst.

Mīlēsĭa, ae, f., Miletus:

propter Milesiae conditorem,

App. M. 4, p. 157, 29.—

Mīlēsii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Miletus, Milesians, famous for their luxury and wantonness, Liv. 38, 39. 9;

hence, transf.: Milesia carmina,

wanton, lascivious songs, Ov. Tr. 2, 413:

sermo Milesius,

obscent stories, App. M. 1 init.; for which, as subst., Mīlēsĭae, ārum, f. plur. (sc. fabulae), Sev. Aug. ap. Capitol. Albin. 12.—

Mī-lētis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to Miletus, Milesian:

Miletida ad urbem, i. e. Tomi,

a colony of Milesians, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 41.

Mīlētus, i, m., = Milêtos, the father of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 443.— Hence, Mīlētis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Miletus:

moesta,

Ov. M. 9, 634.

Mīlētus ( - tos), i, f., = Milêtos, the city of Miletus, in Caria, the birthplace of Thales, Mel. 1, 17, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2.—Esp., as a proverb for luxury and wantonness:

paupertas Romana perit, hinc fluxit ad istos et Sybaris colles, hinc et Rhodos et Miletos,

Juv. 6, 296. —Hence,

Mīlēsĭus, a, um, adj., = Milêsios, of or belonging to the city of Miletus, Milesian:

Milesia mulier,

Cic. Clu. 11, 32:

vellera,

Verg. G. 3, 306:

lana,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple and oracle at Miletus, App. M. 4, p. 157, 19:

Ceres,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 5: carmina, v. in the foll.—

Subst.

Mīlēsĭa, ae, f., Miletus:

propter Milesiae conditorem,

App. M. 4, p. 157, 29.—

Mīlēsii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Miletus, Milesians, famous for their luxury and wantonness, Liv. 38, 39. 9;

hence, transf.: Milesia carmina,

wanton, lascivious songs, Ov. Tr. 2, 413:

sermo Milesius,

obscent stories, App. M. 1 init.; for which, as subst., Mīlēsĭae, ārum, f. plur. (sc. fabulae), Sev. Aug. ap. Capitol. Albin. 12.—

Mī-lētis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to Miletus, Milesian:

Miletida ad urbem, i. e. Tomi,

a colony of Milesians, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 41.

Mīlētus, i, m., = Milêtos, the father of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 443.— Hence, Mīlētis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Miletus:

moesta,

Ov. M. 9, 634.

Mīlētus ( - tos), i, f., = Milêtos, the city of Miletus, in Caria, the birthplace of Thales, Mel. 1, 17, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2.—Esp., as a proverb for luxury and wantonness:

paupertas Romana perit, hinc fluxit ad istos et Sybaris colles, hinc et Rhodos et Miletos,

Juv. 6, 296. —Hence,

Mīlēsĭus, a, um, adj., = Milêsios, of or belonging to the city of Miletus, Milesian:

Milesia mulier,

Cic. Clu. 11, 32:

vellera,

Verg. G. 3, 306:

lana,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple and oracle at Miletus, App. M. 4, p. 157, 19:

Ceres,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 5: carmina, v. in the foll.—

Subst.

Mīlēsĭa, ae, f., Miletus:

propter Milesiae conditorem,

App. M. 4, p. 157, 29.—

Mīlēsii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Miletus, Milesians, famous for their luxury and wantonness, Liv. 38, 39. 9;

hence, transf.: Milesia carmina,

wanton, lascivious songs, Ov. Tr. 2, 413:

sermo Milesius,

obscent stories, App. M. 1 init.; for which, as subst., Mīlēsĭae, ārum, f. plur. (sc. fabulae), Sev. Aug. ap. Capitol. Albin. 12.—

Mī-lētis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to Miletus, Milesian:

Miletida ad urbem, i. e. Tomi,

a colony of Milesians, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 41.

Mīlētus, i, m., = Milêtos, the father of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 443.— Hence, Mīlētis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Miletus:

moesta,

Ov. M. 9, 634.

Mīlētus ( - tos), i, f., = Milêtos, the city of Miletus, in Caria, the birthplace of Thales, Mel. 1, 17, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2.—Esp., as a proverb for luxury and wantonness:

paupertas Romana perit, hinc fluxit ad istos et Sybaris colles, hinc et Rhodos et Miletos,

Juv. 6, 296. —Hence,

Mīlēsĭus, a, um, adj., = Milêsios, of or belonging to the city of Miletus, Milesian:

Milesia mulier,

Cic. Clu. 11, 32:

vellera,

Verg. G. 3, 306:

lana,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple and oracle at Miletus, App. M. 4, p. 157, 19:

Ceres,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 5: carmina, v. in the foll.—

Subst.

Mīlēsĭa, ae, f., Miletus:

propter Milesiae conditorem,

App. M. 4, p. 157, 29.—

Mīlēsii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Miletus, Milesians, famous for their luxury and wantonness, Liv. 38, 39. 9;

hence, transf.: Milesia carmina,

wanton, lascivious songs, Ov. Tr. 2, 413:

sermo Milesius,

obscent stories, App. M. 1 init.; for which, as subst., Mīlēsĭae, ārum, f. plur. (sc. fabulae), Sev. Aug. ap. Capitol. Albin. 12.—

Mī-lētis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to Miletus, Milesian:

Miletida ad urbem, i. e. Tomi,

a colony of Milesians, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 41.