the daughter of Tyndarus and Leda

Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Lêda, the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77:

pueri Ledae,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21:

Lede,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,

Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.

Lit.:

Ledaei dei,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also,

Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2:

Helena,

Verg. A. 7, 364:

Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda),

id. ib. 3, 328:

ovum,

a swan's egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf.

olores,

id. 1, 54, 8:

Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it,

id. 4, 25, 5; cf.

Cyllarus,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 54:

astrum,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.—

Poet., transf.

Spartan:

Phalantum,

Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3:

gurges,

i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —

Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ):

Xanthippus,

Sil. 4, 358.

lēda, ae, lēdon, i, and lēdănum, v. lada.

Clytaemnēstra ( Clytemnēstra, Liv. Andron. 11 Rib.; mutilated into Cly-temēstra, Cass. Hemin. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 631; hence the second syllable short in Aus. Epit. Her. 1, 1, 4), ae, f., = Klutaimnêstra, the daughter of Tyndarus and Leda, and sister of Helen, Castor, and Pollux; wife of Agamemnon and mother of Orestes, Iphigenia, and Electra; she, with her paramour, Aegisthus, murdered her husband on his return from Troy, and was on that account put to death by her son Orestes, Hyg. Fab. 117 and 240; Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 601; 3, 331; 4, 471; Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17; 1, 16, 21; Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18; Ov. Am. 1, 7, 9; id. Nux, 26.—

As title of a tragedy of Attius, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 14; id. Fam. 7, 1, 2 al.—

Appellative for an unfaithful wife, Cael. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 53.

Clytaemnēstra ( Clytemnēstra, Liv. Andron. 11 Rib.; mutilated into Cly-temēstra, Cass. Hemin. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 631; hence the second syllable short in Aus. Epit. Her. 1, 1, 4), ae, f., = Klutaimnêstra, the daughter of Tyndarus and Leda, and sister of Helen, Castor, and Pollux; wife of Agamemnon and mother of Orestes, Iphigenia, and Electra; she, with her paramour, Aegisthus, murdered her husband on his return from Troy, and was on that account put to death by her son Orestes, Hyg. Fab. 117 and 240; Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 601; 3, 331; 4, 471; Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17; 1, 16, 21; Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18; Ov. Am. 1, 7, 9; id. Nux, 26.—

As title of a tragedy of Attius, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 14; id. Fam. 7, 1, 2 al.—

Appellative for an unfaithful wife, Cael. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 53.

Clytaemnēstra ( Clytemnēstra, Liv. Andron. 11 Rib.; mutilated into Cly-temēstra, Cass. Hemin. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 631; hence the second syllable short in Aus. Epit. Her. 1, 1, 4), ae, f., = Klutaimnêstra, the daughter of Tyndarus and Leda, and sister of Helen, Castor, and Pollux; wife of Agamemnon and mother of Orestes, Iphigenia, and Electra; she, with her paramour, Aegisthus, murdered her husband on his return from Troy, and was on that account put to death by her son Orestes, Hyg. Fab. 117 and 240; Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 601; 3, 331; 4, 471; Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17; 1, 16, 21; Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18; Ov. Am. 1, 7, 9; id. Nux, 26.—

As title of a tragedy of Attius, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 14; id. Fam. 7, 1, 2 al.—

Appellative for an unfaithful wife, Cael. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 53.

Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Lêda, the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77:

pueri Ledae,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21:

Lede,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,

Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.

Lit.:

Ledaei dei,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also,

Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2:

Helena,

Verg. A. 7, 364:

Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda),

id. ib. 3, 328:

ovum,

a swan's egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf.

olores,

id. 1, 54, 8:

Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it,

id. 4, 25, 5; cf.

Cyllarus,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 54:

astrum,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.—

Poet., transf.

Spartan:

Phalantum,

Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3:

gurges,

i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —

Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ):

Xanthippus,

Sil. 4, 358.

lēda, ae, lēdon, i, and lēdănum, v. lada.

Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Lêda, the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77:

pueri Ledae,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21:

Lede,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,

Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.

Lit.:

Ledaei dei,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also,

Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2:

Helena,

Verg. A. 7, 364:

Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda),

id. ib. 3, 328:

ovum,

a swan's egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf.

olores,

id. 1, 54, 8:

Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it,

id. 4, 25, 5; cf.

Cyllarus,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 54:

astrum,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.—

Poet., transf.

Spartan:

Phalantum,

Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3:

gurges,

i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —

Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ):

Xanthippus,

Sil. 4, 358.

lēda, ae, lēdon, i, and lēdănum, v. lada.