Aeētes, Aeētas, or Aeēta, ae, m., = Αἰήτης,
king of Colchis , acc. to the fable, son of Sol and Persa , daughter of Oceanus; father of Medea , by whose aid the Argonauts took from him the golden fleece , Cic. N. D. 3, 21; Ov. H. 12, 29, 51; Hyg. Fab. 3, 22 and 23; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 140 and 141.— Hence, Aeētĭăs , iădis, patr. f. , daughter of Aeetes , i. e. Medea , Ov. M. 7, 9; 326.— Aeētīnē , ēs, f., the same as preced. (from Aeetes, as Nerine from Nereus), Ov. H. 6, 103.— Aeētis , ĭdos, patr. f. , = Aeetias, daughter of Aeetes , Val. Fl. 8, 233; Albin. 2, 110.— Aeētĭus , a, um, adj., pertaining to Aeetes , = Aeetaeus, Val. Fl. 8, 379.