Aeson

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

Aesōn, ŏnis, m., = Αἴσων, a Thessalian prince, brother of king Pelias, and father of Jason, who, according to fable, was in extreme old age transformed by the magic arts of Medea into a youth, Ov. M. 7, 2.— Whence,

I Aesŏnĭdes , ae, patr. m. , = Αἰσονίδης, a male descendant of Aeson , i. e. Jason , Ov. M. 7, 164: Phasias Aesoniden, Circe tenuisset Ulixem, id. A. A. 2, 103: mobilis Aesonide, id. H. 6, 109 al.—

II Aesŏnĭus , a, um, adj., Aesonian : heros, i. e. Jason , Ov. M. 7, 156: domus, id. H. 12, 134.

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