Labdacus

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

Labdăcus, i, m., = Λάβδακος,

I a king of Thebes, father of Lāius , Sen. Herc. Fur. 495; id. Phoen. 53.—

II Hence,

A Lab-dăcĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Labdacus : dux, i. e. Eteocles, so called after his grandfather Lāius , Stat. Th. 2, 210.—

B Labdăcĭdes , ae, m., a male descendant of Labdacus, a Labdacide; applied to Polynīces as grandson of Laius, Stat. Th. 6, 450. — Plur. : Labdăcĭdae , ārum, m., the Thebans , Stat. Th. 9, 777; 10, 36.