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1 Memnon
Memnon, ŏnis, m., = Memnôn, son of Tithonus and Aurora, and king of the Ethiopians; he went to the aid of the Trojans, and was slain by Achilles:A. 1.nigri Memnonis arma,
Verg. A. 1, 489.— When burned on the funeral pile he is said to have been changed by Aurora into a bird, while from his ashes many other birds flew up, called Memnoniae or Memnonides, who every year flew from Ethiopia to Troy and fought over Memnon's tomb, Ov. M. 13, 600 sq.; id. ib. 13, 617; Plin. 10, 26, 37, § 74. The black marble statue of Memnon, near Thebes, when struck by the first beams of the sun, gave forth a sound like that of a lute-string, which was regarded as Memnon's greeting to his mother:dimidio magicae resonant ubi Memnone chordae,
Juv. 15, 5; cf.:mater lutea Memnonis, i. e. Aurora,
Ov. F. 4, 714:Memnonis saxea effigies,
Tac. A. 2, 61.—The fate of Memnon was the subject of a poem by Alpinus, Hor. S. 10, 36. —Hence,Lit.:2.Memnoniae aves,
Sol. 40.—Transf., Oriental, Moorish, black ( poet.):B.color,
Ov. P. 3, 3, 96:regna,
Luc. 3, 284.— Esp., as subst.: Memnŏnĭa ( Menn-), ae, f., a precious stone, of a black color, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.—Memnŏnĭ-des, um, f. plur., the birds of Memnon; v. supra. -
2 Memnōn
Memnōn onis, m, Μέμνων, son of Tithonus and Aurora, V., H., O.—His broken statue gave a musical sound at sunrise, Ta., Iu. -
3 Mennonia
Memnon, ŏnis, m., = Memnôn, son of Tithonus and Aurora, and king of the Ethiopians; he went to the aid of the Trojans, and was slain by Achilles:A. 1.nigri Memnonis arma,
Verg. A. 1, 489.— When burned on the funeral pile he is said to have been changed by Aurora into a bird, while from his ashes many other birds flew up, called Memnoniae or Memnonides, who every year flew from Ethiopia to Troy and fought over Memnon's tomb, Ov. M. 13, 600 sq.; id. ib. 13, 617; Plin. 10, 26, 37, § 74. The black marble statue of Memnon, near Thebes, when struck by the first beams of the sun, gave forth a sound like that of a lute-string, which was regarded as Memnon's greeting to his mother:dimidio magicae resonant ubi Memnone chordae,
Juv. 15, 5; cf.:mater lutea Memnonis, i. e. Aurora,
Ov. F. 4, 714:Memnonis saxea effigies,
Tac. A. 2, 61.—The fate of Memnon was the subject of a poem by Alpinus, Hor. S. 10, 36. —Hence,Lit.:2.Memnoniae aves,
Sol. 40.—Transf., Oriental, Moorish, black ( poet.):B.color,
Ov. P. 3, 3, 96:regna,
Luc. 3, 284.— Esp., as subst.: Memnŏnĭa ( Menn-), ae, f., a precious stone, of a black color, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.—Memnŏnĭ-des, um, f. plur., the birds of Memnon; v. supra. -
4 Tithonaeus
Tīthōnus or - nos, i, m., = Tithônos, son of Laomedon, consort of Aurora, and father of Memnon; endowed with immortality, and changed at last, after reaching a decrepit old age, into a cicada, Cic. Sen. 1, 3; Verg. A. 4, 585; Ov. F. 6, 473; Hor. C. 2, 16, 30; 1, 28, 8:A.Tithoni conjux,
Ov. H. 17 (18), 111.—Hence,Tīthōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tithonus, Tithonian:B. C.conjux,
i. e. Aurora, Ov. F. 3, 403.—Called also, absol.: Tīthōnia, Ov. F. 4, 943; Val. Fl. 1, 311; 3, 1; Stat. Th. 12, 3:senectus,
id. S. 4, 3, 151. — -
5 Tithonia
Tīthōnus or - nos, i, m., = Tithônos, son of Laomedon, consort of Aurora, and father of Memnon; endowed with immortality, and changed at last, after reaching a decrepit old age, into a cicada, Cic. Sen. 1, 3; Verg. A. 4, 585; Ov. F. 6, 473; Hor. C. 2, 16, 30; 1, 28, 8:A.Tithoni conjux,
Ov. H. 17 (18), 111.—Hence,Tīthōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tithonus, Tithonian:B. C.conjux,
i. e. Aurora, Ov. F. 3, 403.—Called also, absol.: Tīthōnia, Ov. F. 4, 943; Val. Fl. 1, 311; 3, 1; Stat. Th. 12, 3:senectus,
id. S. 4, 3, 151. — -
6 Tithonis
Tīthōnus or - nos, i, m., = Tithônos, son of Laomedon, consort of Aurora, and father of Memnon; endowed with immortality, and changed at last, after reaching a decrepit old age, into a cicada, Cic. Sen. 1, 3; Verg. A. 4, 585; Ov. F. 6, 473; Hor. C. 2, 16, 30; 1, 28, 8:A.Tithoni conjux,
Ov. H. 17 (18), 111.—Hence,Tīthōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tithonus, Tithonian:B. C.conjux,
i. e. Aurora, Ov. F. 3, 403.—Called also, absol.: Tīthōnia, Ov. F. 4, 943; Val. Fl. 1, 311; 3, 1; Stat. Th. 12, 3:senectus,
id. S. 4, 3, 151. — -
7 Tithonius
Tīthōnus or - nos, i, m., = Tithônos, son of Laomedon, consort of Aurora, and father of Memnon; endowed with immortality, and changed at last, after reaching a decrepit old age, into a cicada, Cic. Sen. 1, 3; Verg. A. 4, 585; Ov. F. 6, 473; Hor. C. 2, 16, 30; 1, 28, 8:A.Tithoni conjux,
Ov. H. 17 (18), 111.—Hence,Tīthōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tithonus, Tithonian:B. C.conjux,
i. e. Aurora, Ov. F. 3, 403.—Called also, absol.: Tīthōnia, Ov. F. 4, 943; Val. Fl. 1, 311; 3, 1; Stat. Th. 12, 3:senectus,
id. S. 4, 3, 151. — -
8 Tithonos
Tīthōnus or - nos, i, m., = Tithônos, son of Laomedon, consort of Aurora, and father of Memnon; endowed with immortality, and changed at last, after reaching a decrepit old age, into a cicada, Cic. Sen. 1, 3; Verg. A. 4, 585; Ov. F. 6, 473; Hor. C. 2, 16, 30; 1, 28, 8:A.Tithoni conjux,
Ov. H. 17 (18), 111.—Hence,Tīthōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tithonus, Tithonian:B. C.conjux,
i. e. Aurora, Ov. F. 3, 403.—Called also, absol.: Tīthōnia, Ov. F. 4, 943; Val. Fl. 1, 311; 3, 1; Stat. Th. 12, 3:senectus,
id. S. 4, 3, 151. — -
9 Tithonus
Tīthōnus or - nos, i, m., = Tithônos, son of Laomedon, consort of Aurora, and father of Memnon; endowed with immortality, and changed at last, after reaching a decrepit old age, into a cicada, Cic. Sen. 1, 3; Verg. A. 4, 585; Ov. F. 6, 473; Hor. C. 2, 16, 30; 1, 28, 8:A.Tithoni conjux,
Ov. H. 17 (18), 111.—Hence,Tīthōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tithonus, Tithonian:B. C.conjux,
i. e. Aurora, Ov. F. 3, 403.—Called also, absol.: Tīthōnia, Ov. F. 4, 943; Val. Fl. 1, 311; 3, 1; Stat. Th. 12, 3:senectus,
id. S. 4, 3, 151. — -
10 aurora
aurōra, ae, f. [acc. to Curtius, a reduplicated form for ausosa, from Sanscr. ush, to burn; cf. auôs êôs, dawn; hêlios, the sun; and Etrusc. Usil, the god of the sun; but its idea of brightness, splendor, easily connects it with the same group as aurum; v. aes].I.A.. The dawn, daybreak, morning (mostly poet.): est autem aurora diei clarescentis exordium et primus splendor aëris, quae Graece êôs dicitur, Isid. Orig. 5, 31, 14:B.usque ab aurorā ad hoc quod diei est,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 8:Nec nox ulla diem neque noctem aurora secutast,
Lucr. 2, 578; 4, 538; 4, 711; 5, 657; Cic. Arat. 65:ad primam auroram,
Liv. 1, 7, 6; Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 30.—Personified, the goddess of the morning, Gr. Êôs, daughter of Hyperion (hence Hyperionis, Ov. F. 5, 159), wife of Tithonus (hence Tithonia conjunx, Ov. F. 3, 403, and Tithonia, id. ib. 4, 943), and mother of Memnon, Verg. A. 4, 585:II.Aurora novo cum spargit lumine terras,
Lucr. 2, 144; imitated by Verg. l.l.;9, 459: Iamque rubescebat stellis Aurora fugatis,
id. ib. 3, 521; 6, 535;7, 26: Proxima prospiciet Tithono Aurora relicto,
Ov. F. 1, 461; id. M. 13, 576 sq.;she robbed Procris of her husband, Cephalus,
id. ib. 7, 703;but gave him back,
id. ib. 7, 713.—Meton., the East, the Orient:ab Aurorae populis et litore rubro,
Verg. A. 8, 686:Eurus ad Auroram Nabataeaque regna recessit,
Ov. M. 1, 61:quae (terrae) sunt a Gadibus usque Auroram et Gangen,
Juv. 10, 2; cf. Verg. A. 7, 606 sq.; so Claud. Laus Seren. Reg. 116; id. in Eutr. 1, 427;also,
the people of the East, id. Laud. Stil. 1, 154; id. in Rufin. 2, 100; id. B. Gild. 61; id. in Eutr. 2, 527. -
11 Memnonia
Memnŏnĭa, ae, f., v. Memnon. -
12 Memnonides
Memnŏnĭdes, um, f., v. Memnon. -
13 Memnonius
Memnŏnĭus, a, um, v. Memnon. -
14 nocticolor
noctĭcŏlor, ōris, adj. [nox-color], nightcolored, black: nocticolor Memnon (as being an Ethiopian), Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 6: Styx, Aus. Monos. de Diis, 11. -
15 parentalis
părentālis, e, adj. [2. parens], of or belonging to parents, parental:II.umbrae,
of my parents, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 87.—In partic., of or belonging to the festival in honor of dead parents or relatives:B.dies,
the day of the festival in honor of the dead, Ov. F. 2, 548:mos,
i. e. the annually repeated combat of the birds which rose from Memnon's funeral pile, and which were therefore regarded as his children, id. M. 13, 619 (cf. id. Am. 1, 13, 4).—Subst.: părentālĭa, ĭum, n.1.A festival in honor of dead relations:2.ut parentalia cum supplicationibus miscerentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13; Inscr. Orell. 3927; 4084.— Gen.:PARENTALIORVM,
Inscr. Orell. 3999.—The title of a work by Ausonius. -
16 unigena
ūnĭgĕna, ae (collat. form oenĭgĕ-nŏs unigenitus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 195 Müll.), adj. [unus-gigno].I.Only-begotten, only:II.idcirco singularem deus hunc mundum atque unigenam procreavit,
Cic. Univ. 4, 10.—In Christian authors, of Christ:dominus deusque,
Paul. Nol. Carm. 5, 46; cf. unigenitus.—Born of one parent, of one or the same family ( poet.): te, Phoebe, relinquens Unigenamque simul cultricem montibus Idri, i. e. Diana, sister of Phoebus. Cat. 64, 301; of Zephyrus, as brother of Memnon, id. 66, 53.
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