Actaeus

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

Actaeus, a, um, adj., Ἀκταῖος,

pertaining to Attica , Attic , Athenian : in Actaeo Aracyntho, Verg. E. 2, 24 (as being on the border of Attica): arces, of Athens , Ov. M. 2, 720; fratres, i. e. Clytos and Butes , id. ib. 7, 681: mel Hymetti, Col. 10, 386: imbres, a rain of honey , Stat. Th. 4, 453. —Hence, subst.: Actaei , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Attica , Nep. Thras. 2, 1.— Actaea , ae, f., a female Athenian; of Orithyia , Ov. M. 6, 711.

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