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1 Scylla
Scylla, ae, f., = Skulla.I.A celebrated rock between Italy and Sicily, opposite to Charybdis:II.Scylla saxum est, Charybdis mare, utrumque noxium appulsis,
Mel. 2, 7, 14; cf.:in eo freto est scopulus Scylla item Charybdis mare vorticosum, ambo clara saevitia,
Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87;whereas Seneca remarks: indices mihi omnia de Charybdi certiora. Nam Scyllam saxum esse et quidem non terribile navigantibus, optime scio: Charybdis an respondeat fabulis, perscribi mihi desidero,
Sen. Ep. 79, 1; Mel. 2, 4, 8; Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 28; Verg. A. 3, 420; Ov. M. 13, 730.—Personified,
the daughter of Phorcys, transformed by Circe, through jealousy, into a sea-monster, with dogs about the haunches, Hyg. Fab. 199; Ov. M. 14, 52 sq.; Verg. A. 3, 424 sq.; Lucr. 4, 732; Tib. 3, 4, 89; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146; id. N. D. 1, 38, 108; cf. also II.—Hence, Scyllaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Scylla, Scyllœan:Scyllaei litoris undas,
Sil. 2, 334:undae,
Luc. 2, 433:antra,
Sil. 2, 306:monstra,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 280:rabies,
Verg. A. 1, 200.— Transf.: ne Scyllaeo illo aeris alieni in freto ad columnam adhaeresceret, Cic. Sest. 8, 18:obloquiorum,
Sid. Ep. 7, 9.—Daughter of Nisus of Megara, who, for love of Minos, cut off her father ' s hair, upon which his life depended, and was transformed in consequence into the bird Ciris, Hyg. Fab. 198; Ov. M. 8, 8 sq.; 8, 150 sq.; Verg. Cir. 488 sq.; Ov. Tr. 2, 393 al.—The poets (even Ovid) sometimes confound the two Scyllas, Lucr. 5, 893; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 39; Ov. Am. 3, 12, 21; id. F. 4, 500; id. R. Am. 737; Verg. E. 6, 74.—Hence, Scyllaeus, a, um, adj., Scyllœan ( poet.), = Megarean:rura,
Stat. Th. 1, 333. -
2 Aeson
Aesōn, ŏnis, m., = Aisôn, a Thessalian prince, brother of king Pelias, and father of Jason, who, according to fable, was in extreme old age transformed by the magic arts of Medea into a youth, Ov. M. 7, 2.— Whence,I.Aesŏnĭdes, ae, patr. m., = Aisonidês, a male descendant of Æson, i. e. Jason, Ov. M. 7, 164:II.Phasias Aesoniden, Circe tenuisset Ulixem,
id. A. A. 2, 103:mobilis Aesonide,
id. H. 6, 109 al. — -
3 Aesonides
Aesōn, ŏnis, m., = Aisôn, a Thessalian prince, brother of king Pelias, and father of Jason, who, according to fable, was in extreme old age transformed by the magic arts of Medea into a youth, Ov. M. 7, 2.— Whence,I.Aesŏnĭdes, ae, patr. m., = Aisonidês, a male descendant of Æson, i. e. Jason, Ov. M. 7, 164:II.Phasias Aesoniden, Circe tenuisset Ulixem,
id. A. A. 2, 103:mobilis Aesonide,
id. H. 6, 109 al. — -
4 Aesonius
Aesōn, ŏnis, m., = Aisôn, a Thessalian prince, brother of king Pelias, and father of Jason, who, according to fable, was in extreme old age transformed by the magic arts of Medea into a youth, Ov. M. 7, 2.— Whence,I.Aesŏnĭdes, ae, patr. m., = Aisonidês, a male descendant of Æson, i. e. Jason, Ov. M. 7, 164:II.Phasias Aesoniden, Circe tenuisset Ulixem,
id. A. A. 2, 103:mobilis Aesonide,
id. H. 6, 109 al. — -
5 saetosus
saetōsus ( sēt-), a, um, adj. [saeta], full of coarse hairs or bristles, bristly, setous (mostly poet.; cf.:villosus, pilosus): aper,
Verg. E. 7, 29; cf.:setosa membra (of the sailors of Ulysses, transformed into swine by Circe),
Hor. Epod. 17, 15:aures tauri,
Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:frons,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 61; cf.pectus,
Cels. 2, 8:verbera,
made of goats' hair, Prop. 4, 1, 25. -
6 simulatrix
sĭmŭlātrix, īcis, f. [simulator], a (female) transformer; of Circe, who transformed men into beasts, Stat. Th. 5, 551.
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