belonging to tragedy

trăgĭcus, a, um, adj., = tragikos, of or belonging to tragedy, tragic.

Lit.

Adj.:

carmen,

i. e. tragedy, Hor. A. P. 220:

Camena,

id. ib. 275:

cothurni,

id. S. 1, 5, 64:

versus,

id. A. P. 89:

ars,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 14:

genus scaenarum,

Vitr. 5, 8:

actor,

a tragic actor, tragedian, Liv. 24, 24, 2:

Orestes aut Athamas,

represented in tragedy, Cic. Pis. 20, 47; cf.

cerva,

i. e. in the tragedy of Iphigenia, Juv. 12, 120: tragicum illud subinde jactabat:

oderint dum metuant,

Suet. Calig. 30.—

Subst.: trăgĭcus, i, m., a tragic poet, writer of tragedy, Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 2; Quint. 8, 6, 26; 9, 3, 14; Petr. 132 med. —

A tragedian, tragic actor; plur., Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 4.—

Transf.

In the tragic style, tragic, lofty, grand, sublime:

fuit Sulpicius vel maxime omnium grandis et, ut ita dicam, tragicus orator,

Cic. Brut. 55, 203:

sed haec tragica atque divina,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 227:

color,

Hor. A. P. 236:

tumor,

Gell. 2, 23, 21:

ore,

Mart. 8, 18, 8:

nam spirat tragicum satis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166.—

Of a tragic nature, tragic, horrible, fearful, terrible:

res tragicas paene comice, tristes remisse tractavit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 30:

tulit et Romana regia sceleris tragici exemplum,

Liv. 1, 46, 3:

concubitus,

Juv. 2, 29:

ignes (i. e. amores),

Ov. Tr. 2, 407:

Erinnyes,

Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 29:

asperitas,

Val. Max. 5, 8, 1.— Adv.: trăgĭcē, in a tragic manner, tragically:

mortem rhetorice et tragice ornare,

Cic. Brut. 11, 43; Sen. Ep. 100, 10.

Trōs, Trōis, m., = Trôs, a king of Phrygia, after whom Troy was named; he was the son of Erichthonius and grandson of Dardanus, Verg. G. 3, 36; Ov. F. 4, 33; Sil. 11, 297; Aus. Idyll. 12, 19.—Hence,

Trōja or Trōia, ae, f., Troy, a city of Phrygia, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Liv. 1, 1; Verg. A. 1, 1; 3, 3; Ov. M. 11, 199 sq.; 13, 404 sq.—

Transf.

A place founded by Æneas in the Laurentine territory in Italy, Liv. 1, 1, 3.—

A place settled by Helenus in Epirus, Ov. M. 13, 721; Verg. A. 3, 349.—

A Roman game played on horseback, a sort of sham-fight, Verg. A. 5, 596 sq.; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; id. Calig. 18 fin.; id. Claud. 21; cf. Fest. p. 367.—Hence,

Trōĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

Aeneas,

Verg. A. 1, 596; Ov. M. 14, 156:

heros,

i. e. Æsacus, id. ib. 11, 773:

sacra,

Tib. 2, 5, 40 (Troica, Müll.):

arma,

Verg. A. 1, 249; 3, 306:

gaza,

id. ib. 1, 119.—

Trōjānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

urbs,

i. e. Troy, Verg. A. 1, 624:

moenia,

Ov. M. 13, 23:

regna,

id. ib. 9, 232:

opes,

Verg. A. 2, 4:

bellum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 1; Ov. M. 15, 160:

tempora,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 365; Sen. Cons. Helv. 8, 6; id. Ep. 88, 40:

judex,

i. e. Paris, Ov. F. 4, 121: ludi, i. e. the game of Troy (v. 2. c. supra), Suet. Tib. 6.— Prov.: equus Trojanus, for a concealed danger, a secret artifice:

intus, intus inquam est equus Trojanus,

Cic. Mur. 37, 78. —Equus Trojanus is also the title of a tragedy of Nœvius, Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; 7, 1, 2.— Subst.

Trōjāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Troy, the Trojans, Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; id. Inv. 1, 22, 32; id. Phil. 2, 22, 59; Lucr. 1, 476; Verg. A. 11, 421; Ov. M. 13, 702; Liv. 1, 1, 2; Sen. Ep. 27, 5.—

Trō-jānum, i, n., a country-place in Latium, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6.—

Trōĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

tempora,

Cic. Brut. 10, 40:

bellum,

Vell. 1, 5, 3; Ov. P. 2, 10, 14:

Vesta,

id. M. 15, 730; cf.

ignis,

the perpetual fire which was kept in the temple of Vesta at Rome, Stat. S. 1, 1, 35:

fata,

Ov. H. 1, 28.—

Trōs, ōis, m., a Trojan. Verg. A. 1, 574; 10, 108; 6, 52.— Plur., Verg. A. 1, 172; 2, 325; 5, 265; 12, 137; Ov H. 1, 13; id. M. 12, 67; 13, 91; 13, 269.—

Trōăs, ădis or ădŏs, adj. f., Trojan:

in agro Troade,

Nep. Paus. 3, 3:

humus,

Ov. H. 13, 94:

matres,

ib. ib. 16, 183:

turba,

Sen. Troad. 84.—More freq.,

Subst.

A Trojan woman, Ov. M. 13, 566; 13, 421; 13, 481; id. H. 13, 137; Verg. A. 5, 613. —

Troas, the title of a tragedy by Q. Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 6, 7: Troades, the title of a tragedy by Seneca. —

The region about Troy, the Troad, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 121; Nep. Paus. 3, 3; Mel. 1, 2; 1, 18; 2, 7. —

Trōĭădes, um, f., Trojan women, Pers. 1, 4.

Trōs, ōis, m., v. 1. Tros, B. 4.

Trōs, Trōis, m., = Trôs, a king of Phrygia, after whom Troy was named; he was the son of Erichthonius and grandson of Dardanus, Verg. G. 3, 36; Ov. F. 4, 33; Sil. 11, 297; Aus. Idyll. 12, 19.—Hence,

Trōja or Trōia, ae, f., Troy, a city of Phrygia, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Liv. 1, 1; Verg. A. 1, 1; 3, 3; Ov. M. 11, 199 sq.; 13, 404 sq.—

Transf.

A place founded by Æneas in the Laurentine territory in Italy, Liv. 1, 1, 3.—

A place settled by Helenus in Epirus, Ov. M. 13, 721; Verg. A. 3, 349.—

A Roman game played on horseback, a sort of sham-fight, Verg. A. 5, 596 sq.; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; id. Calig. 18 fin.; id. Claud. 21; cf. Fest. p. 367.—Hence,

Trōĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

Aeneas,

Verg. A. 1, 596; Ov. M. 14, 156:

heros,

i. e. Æsacus, id. ib. 11, 773:

sacra,

Tib. 2, 5, 40 (Troica, Müll.):

arma,

Verg. A. 1, 249; 3, 306:

gaza,

id. ib. 1, 119.—

Trōjānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

urbs,

i. e. Troy, Verg. A. 1, 624:

moenia,

Ov. M. 13, 23:

regna,

id. ib. 9, 232:

opes,

Verg. A. 2, 4:

bellum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 1; Ov. M. 15, 160:

tempora,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 365; Sen. Cons. Helv. 8, 6; id. Ep. 88, 40:

judex,

i. e. Paris, Ov. F. 4, 121: ludi, i. e. the game of Troy (v. 2. c. supra), Suet. Tib. 6.— Prov.: equus Trojanus, for a concealed danger, a secret artifice:

intus, intus inquam est equus Trojanus,

Cic. Mur. 37, 78. —Equus Trojanus is also the title of a tragedy of Nœvius, Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; 7, 1, 2.— Subst.

Trōjāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Troy, the Trojans, Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; id. Inv. 1, 22, 32; id. Phil. 2, 22, 59; Lucr. 1, 476; Verg. A. 11, 421; Ov. M. 13, 702; Liv. 1, 1, 2; Sen. Ep. 27, 5.—

Trō-jānum, i, n., a country-place in Latium, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6.—

Trōĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

tempora,

Cic. Brut. 10, 40:

bellum,

Vell. 1, 5, 3; Ov. P. 2, 10, 14:

Vesta,

id. M. 15, 730; cf.

ignis,

the perpetual fire which was kept in the temple of Vesta at Rome, Stat. S. 1, 1, 35:

fata,

Ov. H. 1, 28.—

Trōs, ōis, m., a Trojan. Verg. A. 1, 574; 10, 108; 6, 52.— Plur., Verg. A. 1, 172; 2, 325; 5, 265; 12, 137; Ov H. 1, 13; id. M. 12, 67; 13, 91; 13, 269.—

Trōăs, ădis or ădŏs, adj. f., Trojan:

in agro Troade,

Nep. Paus. 3, 3:

humus,

Ov. H. 13, 94:

matres,

ib. ib. 16, 183:

turba,

Sen. Troad. 84.—More freq.,

Subst.

A Trojan woman, Ov. M. 13, 566; 13, 421; 13, 481; id. H. 13, 137; Verg. A. 5, 613. —

Troas, the title of a tragedy by Q. Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 6, 7: Troades, the title of a tragedy by Seneca. —

The region about Troy, the Troad, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 121; Nep. Paus. 3, 3; Mel. 1, 2; 1, 18; 2, 7. —

Trōĭădes, um, f., Trojan women, Pers. 1, 4.

Trōs, ōis, m., v. 1. Tros, B. 4.

Trōs, Trōis, m., = Trôs, a king of Phrygia, after whom Troy was named; he was the son of Erichthonius and grandson of Dardanus, Verg. G. 3, 36; Ov. F. 4, 33; Sil. 11, 297; Aus. Idyll. 12, 19.—Hence,

Trōja or Trōia, ae, f., Troy, a city of Phrygia, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Liv. 1, 1; Verg. A. 1, 1; 3, 3; Ov. M. 11, 199 sq.; 13, 404 sq.—

Transf.

A place founded by Æneas in the Laurentine territory in Italy, Liv. 1, 1, 3.—

A place settled by Helenus in Epirus, Ov. M. 13, 721; Verg. A. 3, 349.—

A Roman game played on horseback, a sort of sham-fight, Verg. A. 5, 596 sq.; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; id. Calig. 18 fin.; id. Claud. 21; cf. Fest. p. 367.—Hence,

Trōĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

Aeneas,

Verg. A. 1, 596; Ov. M. 14, 156:

heros,

i. e. Æsacus, id. ib. 11, 773:

sacra,

Tib. 2, 5, 40 (Troica, Müll.):

arma,

Verg. A. 1, 249; 3, 306:

gaza,

id. ib. 1, 119.—

Trōjānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

urbs,

i. e. Troy, Verg. A. 1, 624:

moenia,

Ov. M. 13, 23:

regna,

id. ib. 9, 232:

opes,

Verg. A. 2, 4:

bellum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 1; Ov. M. 15, 160:

tempora,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 365; Sen. Cons. Helv. 8, 6; id. Ep. 88, 40:

judex,

i. e. Paris, Ov. F. 4, 121: ludi, i. e. the game of Troy (v. 2. c. supra), Suet. Tib. 6.— Prov.: equus Trojanus, for a concealed danger, a secret artifice:

intus, intus inquam est equus Trojanus,

Cic. Mur. 37, 78. —Equus Trojanus is also the title of a tragedy of Nœvius, Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; 7, 1, 2.— Subst.

Trōjāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Troy, the Trojans, Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; id. Inv. 1, 22, 32; id. Phil. 2, 22, 59; Lucr. 1, 476; Verg. A. 11, 421; Ov. M. 13, 702; Liv. 1, 1, 2; Sen. Ep. 27, 5.—

Trō-jānum, i, n., a country-place in Latium, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6.—

Trōĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan:

tempora,

Cic. Brut. 10, 40:

bellum,

Vell. 1, 5, 3; Ov. P. 2, 10, 14:

Vesta,

id. M. 15, 730; cf.

ignis,

the perpetual fire which was kept in the temple of Vesta at Rome, Stat. S. 1, 1, 35:

fata,

Ov. H. 1, 28.—

Trōs, ōis, m., a Trojan. Verg. A. 1, 574; 10, 108; 6, 52.— Plur., Verg. A. 1, 172; 2, 325; 5, 265; 12, 137; Ov H. 1, 13; id. M. 12, 67; 13, 91; 13, 269.—

Trōăs, ădis or ădŏs, adj. f., Trojan:

in agro Troade,

Nep. Paus. 3, 3:

humus,

Ov. H. 13, 94:

matres,

ib. ib. 16, 183:

turba,

Sen. Troad. 84.—More freq.,

Subst.

A Trojan woman, Ov. M. 13, 566; 13, 421; 13, 481; id. H. 13, 137; Verg. A. 5, 613. —

Troas, the title of a tragedy by Q. Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 6, 7: Troades, the title of a tragedy by Seneca. —

The region about Troy, the Troad, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 121; Nep. Paus. 3, 3; Mel. 1, 2; 1, 18; 2, 7. —

Trōĭădes, um, f., Trojan women, Pers. 1, 4.

Trōs, ōis, m., v. 1. Tros, B. 4.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

Ŏrestes, is and ae, m., = Orestês, the son of Agamemnon and Clytœmnestra, who avenged his father's death by slaying his mother, and, in company with his faithful friend Pylades and his sister Iphigenia, priestess of Diana in the Tauric Chersonese, carried away the image of Diana to Italy, near Aricia, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 30:

Agamemnonius Orestes,

Verg. A. 4, 471: dico vicisse Oresten, Enn. ap. Non. 306, 28 (Trag. v. 191 Vahl.):

cum Pylades Orestem se esse diceret,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

clamantem nomen Orestis,

Ov. H. 8, 9:

quod fuit Argolico juvenis Phoceus Orestae,

id. Am. 2, 6, 15 (vulg. Oresti).— Voc.:

tristis Oresta,

Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 22.—

Transf., a tragedy of Euripides, founded on the story of Orestes:

cum Orestem fabulam doceret Euripides,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 29, 63.—Hence,

Orestē-us, a, um, adj., = Oresteios, of or belonging to Orestes, Orestean:

Diana,

whose image was carried away by Orestes to Aricia, Ov. M. 15, 489.

Ŏrestes, is and ae, m., = Orestês, the son of Agamemnon and Clytœmnestra, who avenged his father's death by slaying his mother, and, in company with his faithful friend Pylades and his sister Iphigenia, priestess of Diana in the Tauric Chersonese, carried away the image of Diana to Italy, near Aricia, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 30:

Agamemnonius Orestes,

Verg. A. 4, 471: dico vicisse Oresten, Enn. ap. Non. 306, 28 (Trag. v. 191 Vahl.):

cum Pylades Orestem se esse diceret,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

clamantem nomen Orestis,

Ov. H. 8, 9:

quod fuit Argolico juvenis Phoceus Orestae,

id. Am. 2, 6, 15 (vulg. Oresti).— Voc.:

tristis Oresta,

Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 22.—

Transf., a tragedy of Euripides, founded on the story of Orestes:

cum Orestem fabulam doceret Euripides,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 29, 63.—Hence,

Orestē-us, a, um, adj., = Oresteios, of or belonging to Orestes, Orestean:

Diana,

whose image was carried away by Orestes to Aricia, Ov. M. 15, 489.