the daughter of Phorcus

Phorcus, i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ynos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Phorkos, Phorkus, and Phorkun, son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35:

Phorci chorus,

Verg. A. 5, 240;

or, Phorci exercitus,

i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824:

pater Phorcys,

Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,

Phorcys, ydos ( Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus:

ora Phorcydos,

i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8:

geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum,

i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.—

Phorcynis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., the daughter of Phorcus, i. e. Medu- sa, Ov. M. 5, 230; Luc. 9, 626.

Phorcus, i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ynos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Phorkos, Phorkus, and Phorkun, son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35:

Phorci chorus,

Verg. A. 5, 240;

or, Phorci exercitus,

i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824:

pater Phorcys,

Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,

Phorcys, ydos ( Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus:

ora Phorcydos,

i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8:

geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum,

i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.—

Phorcynis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., the daughter of Phorcus, i. e. Medu- sa, Ov. M. 5, 230; Luc. 9, 626.

Phorcus, i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ynos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Phorkos, Phorkus, and Phorkun, son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35:

Phorci chorus,

Verg. A. 5, 240;

or, Phorci exercitus,

i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824:

pater Phorcys,

Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,

Phorcys, ydos ( Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus:

ora Phorcydos,

i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8:

geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum,

i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.—

Phorcynis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., the daughter of Phorcus, i. e. Medu- sa, Ov. M. 5, 230; Luc. 9, 626.

Phorcus, i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ynos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Phorkos, Phorkus, and Phorkun, son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35:

Phorci chorus,

Verg. A. 5, 240;

or, Phorci exercitus,

i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824:

pater Phorcys,

Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,

Phorcys, ydos ( Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus:

ora Phorcydos,

i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8:

geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum,

i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.—

Phorcynis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., the daughter of Phorcus, i. e. Medu- sa, Ov. M. 5, 230; Luc. 9, 626.

nīsus, a, um, Part., from nitor.

nīsus, ūs, m. [nitor], a pressing or resting upon or against, a pressure; a striving, exertion, labor, effort (mostly poet.; nixus in good prose, v. h. v.): pedetentim et sedato nisu, a tread, step, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

pinnarum nisus inanis,

a flight, Lucr. 6, 834; so,

insolitos docuere nisus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 8:

hic dea se primum rapido pulcherrima nisu Sistit,

Verg. A. 11, 852:

stat gravis Entellus nisuque immotus eodem, etc.,

in the same posture, id. ib. 5, 437: hunc stirps Oceani maturis nisibus Aethra Edidit, pains, throes, labor of parturition (v. 2. nixus), Ov. F. 5, 171.—In prose:

tamquam nisus evomentis adjuvaret,

retchings, Tac. A. 12, 67:

uti prospectus nisusque per saxa facilius foret,

Sall. J. 94, 1 Dietsch:

quae dubia nisu videbantur,

id. ib. 94, 2 Dietsch:

non pervenit nisu sed impetu,

Quint. 8, 4, 9; 1, 12, 10.

Nīsus, i, m., = Nisos

A king of Megara, father of Scylla, who, in order to gain the love of Minos, cut off her father's purple hair, on which the safety of his kingdom depended, whereupon Nisus was changed into a sparrow-hawk, and Scylla into the bird ciris, Verg. G. 1, 404 sq.; Ov. M. 8, 8 sqq.; v. Scylla.—

Hence,

Nī-saeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan:

et vos Nisaei, naufraga monstra, canes,

i. e. Scylla, the daughter of Phorcus, Ov. F. 4, 500; cf. id. A. A. 1, 331.—

Nīsēis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Nisus, Scylla (q. v.), confounded with the daughter of Phorcus:

praeterita cautus Niseide navita gaudet,

Ov. R. Am. 737.—

Nī-sēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan: per mare caeruleum trahitur Niseia virgo, Verg. Cir. 390; Ov. M. 8, 35.—

Nīsĭas, ădis, f., Nisæan, i. e. Megarian: Nisiades matres Nisiadesque nurus, of Megaris, in Sicily (a colony of Megara, in Greece), Ov. H. 15, 54.—

Son of Hyrtacus and friend of Euryalus, Verg. A. 5, 294; 9, 176 sq.

nīsus, a, um, Part., from nitor.

nīsus, ūs, m. [nitor], a pressing or resting upon or against, a pressure; a striving, exertion, labor, effort (mostly poet.; nixus in good prose, v. h. v.): pedetentim et sedato nisu, a tread, step, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

pinnarum nisus inanis,

a flight, Lucr. 6, 834; so,

insolitos docuere nisus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 8:

hic dea se primum rapido pulcherrima nisu Sistit,

Verg. A. 11, 852:

stat gravis Entellus nisuque immotus eodem, etc.,

in the same posture, id. ib. 5, 437: hunc stirps Oceani maturis nisibus Aethra Edidit, pains, throes, labor of parturition (v. 2. nixus), Ov. F. 5, 171.—In prose:

tamquam nisus evomentis adjuvaret,

retchings, Tac. A. 12, 67:

uti prospectus nisusque per saxa facilius foret,

Sall. J. 94, 1 Dietsch:

quae dubia nisu videbantur,

id. ib. 94, 2 Dietsch:

non pervenit nisu sed impetu,

Quint. 8, 4, 9; 1, 12, 10.

Nīsus, i, m., = Nisos

A king of Megara, father of Scylla, who, in order to gain the love of Minos, cut off her father's purple hair, on which the safety of his kingdom depended, whereupon Nisus was changed into a sparrow-hawk, and Scylla into the bird ciris, Verg. G. 1, 404 sq.; Ov. M. 8, 8 sqq.; v. Scylla.—

Hence,

Nī-saeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan:

et vos Nisaei, naufraga monstra, canes,

i. e. Scylla, the daughter of Phorcus, Ov. F. 4, 500; cf. id. A. A. 1, 331.—

Nīsēis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Nisus, Scylla (q. v.), confounded with the daughter of Phorcus:

praeterita cautus Niseide navita gaudet,

Ov. R. Am. 737.—

Nī-sēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan: per mare caeruleum trahitur Niseia virgo, Verg. Cir. 390; Ov. M. 8, 35.—

Nīsĭas, ădis, f., Nisæan, i. e. Megarian: Nisiades matres Nisiadesque nurus, of Megaris, in Sicily (a colony of Megara, in Greece), Ov. H. 15, 54.—

Son of Hyrtacus and friend of Euryalus, Verg. A. 5, 294; 9, 176 sq.

Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. steph. 10, 278), f., = Gorgô, a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition:

ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —

Derivv.

Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian:

crines,

Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196:

domus,

the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779:

ignis,

id. A. A. 3, 504:

venena,

i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341:

equus,

i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61:

caballus, the same,

Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also:

lacus,

the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.—

Gorgŏnĭa, ae, f., coral (which hardens in the air), Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164.

Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. steph. 10, 278), f., = Gorgô, a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition:

ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —

Derivv.

Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian:

crines,

Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196:

domus,

the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779:

ignis,

id. A. A. 3, 504:

venena,

i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341:

equus,

i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61:

caballus, the same,

Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also:

lacus,

the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.—

Gorgŏnĭa, ae, f., coral (which hardens in the air), Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164.

Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. steph. 10, 278), f., = Gorgô, a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition:

ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —

Derivv.

Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian:

crines,

Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196:

domus,

the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779:

ignis,

id. A. A. 3, 504:

venena,

i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341:

equus,

i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61:

caballus, the same,

Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also:

lacus,

the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.—

Gorgŏnĭa, ae, f., coral (which hardens in the air), Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164.

Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. steph. 10, 278), f., = Gorgô, a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition:

ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —

Derivv.

Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian:

crines,

Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196:

domus,

the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779:

ignis,

id. A. A. 3, 504:

venena,

i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341:

equus,

i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61:

caballus, the same,

Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also:

lacus,

the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.—

Gorgŏnĭa, ae, f., coral (which hardens in the air), Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164.

Mĕdūsa, ae, f., = Medousa, daughter of Phorcus; she captivated Neptune with her golden hair, and became by him the mother of Pegasus. Minerva, as a punishment, turned her hair into serpents, and gave to her eyes an enchanted power of converting everything they looked upon to stone. Perseus, provided with the shield of Pallas, slew her, and carried off her head, while from the blood that dropped from it serpents sprung, Ov. M. 4, 654; 793; Luc. 9, 626.—Hence,

Mĕdūsaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Medusa, Medusan ( poet.):

monstrum,

Ov. M. 10, 22:

equus,

i. e. Pegasus, id. F. 5, 8; cf.

praepes,

i. e. Pegasus, id. M. 5, 257:

fons,

i. e. the fount Hippocrene, struck open by a blow of the hoof of Pegasus, id. ib. 5, 312.

Mĕdūsa, ae, f., = Medousa, daughter of Phorcus; she captivated Neptune with her golden hair, and became by him the mother of Pegasus. Minerva, as a punishment, turned her hair into serpents, and gave to her eyes an enchanted power of converting everything they looked upon to stone. Perseus, provided with the shield of Pallas, slew her, and carried off her head, while from the blood that dropped from it serpents sprung, Ov. M. 4, 654; 793; Luc. 9, 626.—Hence,

Mĕdūsaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Medusa, Medusan ( poet.):

monstrum,

Ov. M. 10, 22:

equus,

i. e. Pegasus, id. F. 5, 8; cf.

praepes,

i. e. Pegasus, id. M. 5, 257:

fons,

i. e. the fount Hippocrene, struck open by a blow of the hoof of Pegasus, id. ib. 5, 312.