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1 Hecate
Hĕcătē, ēs, f., = Hekatê, daughter of Perses, or Persœus, and Asteria, sister of Latona, the presider over enchantments, conjurations, etc.; she is often identified with Diana, Luna, and Proserpina, and is therefore represented with three heads, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46; Verg. A. 4, 511 Serv.; Ov. M. 7, 74; 94; 194; 14, 405; id. F. 1, 141; Hor. S. 1, 8, 33; Sen. Phaedr. 420 et saep. —II.Derivv.A.Hĕcătēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hecate, Hecateian:B.carmina,
i. e. magical incantations, Ov. M. 14, 44:Aulis,
devoted to Diana, Stat. Ach. 1, 447:Idus,
i. e. of August, sacred to Diana, id. Silv. 3, 1, 60.— -
2 Hecateis
Hĕcătē, ēs, f., = Hekatê, daughter of Perses, or Persœus, and Asteria, sister of Latona, the presider over enchantments, conjurations, etc.; she is often identified with Diana, Luna, and Proserpina, and is therefore represented with three heads, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46; Verg. A. 4, 511 Serv.; Ov. M. 7, 74; 94; 194; 14, 405; id. F. 1, 141; Hor. S. 1, 8, 33; Sen. Phaedr. 420 et saep. —II.Derivv.A.Hĕcătēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hecate, Hecateian:B.carmina,
i. e. magical incantations, Ov. M. 14, 44:Aulis,
devoted to Diana, Stat. Ach. 1, 447:Idus,
i. e. of August, sacred to Diana, id. Silv. 3, 1, 60.— -
3 Hecateius
Hĕcătē, ēs, f., = Hekatê, daughter of Perses, or Persœus, and Asteria, sister of Latona, the presider over enchantments, conjurations, etc.; she is often identified with Diana, Luna, and Proserpina, and is therefore represented with three heads, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46; Verg. A. 4, 511 Serv.; Ov. M. 7, 74; 94; 194; 14, 405; id. F. 1, 141; Hor. S. 1, 8, 33; Sen. Phaedr. 420 et saep. —II.Derivv.A.Hĕcătēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hecate, Hecateian:B.carmina,
i. e. magical incantations, Ov. M. 14, 44:Aulis,
devoted to Diana, Stat. Ach. 1, 447:Idus,
i. e. of August, sacred to Diana, id. Silv. 3, 1, 60.— -
4 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. -
5 Danae
Dănăē, ēs, f., Danaê, daughter of Acrisius, and mother of Perseus by Zeus, who visited her in the form of a shower of gold, when she was shut up in a tower by her father, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37; Hor. Od. 3, 16, 1 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 372; Hyg. Fab. 63; Lact. 1, 11, 18; Prop. 2, 20, 12 (3, 13, 12 M.); 2, 32, 59 (3, 30, 59 M.); Ov. Met. 4, 610; id. Tr. 2, 401; Verg. A. 7, 410 al.—Hence,II. -
6 Danaeius
Dănăē, ēs, f., Danaê, daughter of Acrisius, and mother of Perseus by Zeus, who visited her in the form of a shower of gold, when she was shut up in a tower by her father, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37; Hor. Od. 3, 16, 1 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 372; Hyg. Fab. 63; Lact. 1, 11, 18; Prop. 2, 20, 12 (3, 13, 12 M.); 2, 32, 59 (3, 30, 59 M.); Ov. Met. 4, 610; id. Tr. 2, 401; Verg. A. 7, 410 al.—Hence,II. -
7 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.
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