Aetnaeus

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

Aetnaeus, a, um, adj. [Aetna].

I Pertaining to Aetna : ignes, Cic. N. D. 2, 38: fratres, the Cyclopes who forged in Mt. Aetna , Verg. A. 3, 678: fulmen, Prop. 4, 16, 21: Deus, i. e. Vulcan , who is said to have had his forge in Mt. Aetna, Val. Fl. 2, 420.— Subst.: Aetnaei , ōrum, m., those who dwell on or near Mt. Aetna , Just. 22, 1.— Hence,

II Poet., pars pro toto, Sicilian : triumphi, Sil. 9, 196.