Iasius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Īăsĭus, ĭi, m., = Ἰάσιος.

I Son of Jupiter and Electra , beloved of Ceres , Verg. A. 3, 168; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 25.—Called also Īăsĭon , Ov. M. 9, 423; id. Tr. 2, 300; Hyg. F. 270; id. Astr. 2, 22.—

II King of Argos and father of Atalanta , Hyg. F. 70.—

B Derivv.

a Īăsĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Iasius , Iasian , poet. for Argive : virgo, i. e. Io , daughter of the Argive king Inachus , Val. Fl. 4, 353.—

b Īăsĭdes , ae, m., a male descendant of Iasius : Palinurus, Verg. A. 5, 843; applied to Adrastus , Stat. Th. 1, 541.—

c Īăsis , idos, f., the daughter of Iasius , i. e. Atalanta , Prop. 1, 1, 10.