Dārēus (so the best editt. of Cicero and Curtius; cf. Zumpt, Gramm. § 2) or Dā-rīus (Dărĭī, Sid. Carm. 9, 51: Dărīos, Aus. Ep. 5, 23, v. no. II.), ii, m., Δάρειος [a Persian word, from R. dar-, to hold: "the sustainer of the empire," Max. Müller, Science of Lang. 2, 220],
I the name of several Persian Kings , Cic. Fin. 5, 30 fin. ; Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 41; Curt. and Just. passim; Ov. lb. 317; Claud. Epist. 1, 17.—*
II Meton. for the gold coin stamped under Darius, a daric , Aus. l. l.
III —Hence, Darīus , a, um, adj. (late Lat.), of Darius , opes, Mart. Cap. 6, § 578.