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1 Persa
1.Persa, ae, m., v. Persae.2.Persa, ae, f., = Persê, daughter of Oceanus, mother of Circe, Perses (the father of Hecate), Æetes, and Pasiphăe, by the Sungod, Hyg. Fab. praef. fin.;A.also called Perseis,
Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48.—Hence,Per-sēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Persa, Persean:B.Perseia Hecate,
Val. Fl. 6, 495:proles,
i. e. Æetes, id. 5, 582.—Persēĭs, ĭdis, f., the female descendant of Persa, Hecate, Stat. Th. 4, 481.— Adj.:3.Perseides herbae,
i. e. magic herbs, Ov. R. Am. 263.—Perseis (sc. Musa), the title of a Latin poem, Ov. P. 4, 16, 25.Persa, ae, f., the name of a little dog, Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103. -
2 Perseus
1.Perseus, ĕi and ĕos (acc., Persea, Ov. M. 4, 610), m., = Perseus.I.Son of Jupiter and Danăē, abandoned by his grandfather Acrisius, but rescued and brought up by Polydectes, king of Seriphus. When grown up, he undertook, at the instigation of Polydectes, an expedition against the islands of the Gorgons, and received from Vulcan a sickle-shaped sword, from Mercury winged shoes, and from Minerva a shield and the flying horse Pegasus. Thus armed, he killed and cut off the head of Medusa, whose look turned every thing into stone. On his way back, he, by means of it, turned into stone a sea-monster to which Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus, was exposed, and married her. Their son Perses became the progenitor of the Persians. After his death, Perseus was placed among [p. 1355] the constellations, Ov. M. 4, 609 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 64; 244; id. Astron. 12; Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 112; Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 4; 2, 28 (3, 24), 22; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 246.—B.Hence,1.Persēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Perseus, Persean, Prop. 3 (4), 22, 8:2. II.Perseos alter in Argos scinditur,
i. e. where Perseus's grandfather, Acrisius, reigned, Stat. Th. 1, 255:Persei culmina montis,
the mountain where Perseus first mounted Pegasus, id. ib. 3, 633:Persea Tarsos,
founded by Perseus, Luc. 3, 225:Babylon,
id. 6, 449.—The last king of Macedonia, v. Perses, IV.2.Persēus, a, um, v. the preced. art., I. B. 1. -
3 Nisus
1.nīsus, a, um, Part., from nitor.2.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, 48:3.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., = NisosI.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.—B.Hence,1.Nī-saeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan:2.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:3.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.—4.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.—II.Son of Hyrtacus and friend of Euryalus, Verg. A. 5, 294; 9, 176 sq. -
4 nisus
1.nīsus, a, um, Part., from nitor.2.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, 48:3.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., = NisosI.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.—B.Hence,1.Nī-saeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan:2.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:3.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.—4.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.—II.Son of Hyrtacus and friend of Euryalus, Verg. A. 5, 294; 9, 176 sq.
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