Aetolia

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

Aetōlĭa, ae, f., = Αἰτωλία,

I a province in Middle Greece , between Locri and Acarnania , south of Thessaly , Cic. Pis. 37.—Hence,

1 Aetōlĭcus , a, um, adj., Aetolian : aper, the Calydonian boar , Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 3 (cf. Ov. M. 8, 270 sqq.): bellum, Liv. 37, 6.—*

2 Aetōlis , ĭdis, f., = Αἰτωλίς, an Aetolian woman : pulsā Aetolide Dejanirā, Ov. H. 9, 131.—*

3 Aetōlĭus , a, um, adj., poet. for Aetolicus: heros, i. e. Diomedes , who first reigned in Aetolia, Ov. M. 14, 461.—

4 Ae-tōlus , a, um, adj., = Αἰτωλός, Aetolian : arma, i. e. of Diomedes , who first reigned in Aetolia, Ov. M. 14, 528; so id. R. Am. 159; Sil. 7, 484: urbs, i. e. Arpi in Apulia , built by Diomedes, Verg. A. 11, 239; hence: Arpi Aetoli. id. ib. 10, 28: plagae, hunting-nets , with reference to Meleager and the Calydonian chase, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 46 Schmid.— Hence, Aetōli , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Aetolia , Plaut. Capt. prol. 24 Fleck.; Liv. 37, 6; Verg. A. 11, 308.

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