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father of Nisus

  • 1 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:

    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.
    3.
    Nīsus, i, m., = Nisos
    I.
    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:

    et vos Nisaei, naufraga monstra, canes,

    i. e. Scylla, the daughter of Phorcus, Ov. F. 4, 500; cf. id. A. A. 1, 331.—
    2.
    Nīsēis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Nisus, Scylla (q. v.), confounded with the daughter of Phorcus:

    praeterita cautus Niseide navita gaudet,

    Ov. R. Am. 737.—
    3.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Nisus

  • 2 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:

    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.
    3.
    Nīsus, i, m., = Nisos
    I.
    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:

    et vos Nisaei, naufraga monstra, canes,

    i. e. Scylla, the daughter of Phorcus, Ov. F. 4, 500; cf. id. A. A. 1, 331.—
    2.
    Nīsēis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Nisus, Scylla (q. v.), confounded with the daughter of Phorcus:

    praeterita cautus Niseide navita gaudet,

    Ov. R. Am. 737.—
    3.
    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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  • 3 Hyrtacides

    Hyrtăcus, i, m., father of Nisus, Verg. A. 9, 406.—Hence,
    II.
    Deriv.: Hyrtă-cĭdes, i. e. Nisus, Verg. A. 9, 176 sq.; Ov. Ib. 631. [p. 874]

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Hyrtacides

  • 4 Hyrtacus

    Hyrtăcus, i, m., father of Nisus, Verg. A. 9, 406.—Hence,
    II.
    Deriv.: Hyrtă-cĭdes, i. e. Nisus, Verg. A. 9, 176 sq.; Ov. Ib. 631. [p. 874]

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Hyrtacus

  • 5 haliaeetos

    hălĭæĕtos ( haly-), i, m., = haliaietos, the osprey or sea-eagle: Falco haliaëtus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10;

    Nisus, the father of Scylla, was changed into one,

    Ov. M. 8, 146; Verg. Cir. 535.

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  • 6 Scylla

    Scylla, ae, f., = Skulla.
    I.
    A celebrated rock between Italy and Sicily, opposite to Charybdis:

    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.—
    II.
    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.

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