Ăgēnor, ŏris, m., = Ἀγήνωρ,
I a son of Belus , king of Phoenicia , father of Cadmus and Europa , and ancestor of Dido; hence, poet., Agenoris urbs, i. e. Carthage , Verg. A. 1, 338.—Agenore natus, i. e. Cadmus , Ov. M. 3, 51; 97; 257.—Whence, derivv.
1 Ăgēnŏrĕus , a, um, adj., pertaining to Agenor : bos, i. e. Jupiter , who , in the form of a bull , carried off Europa , the daughter of Agenor , Ov. F. 6, 712: aëna, Phoenician , Sil. 7, 642; cf. Mart. 10, 16.—Also for Carthaginian (cf. Agenor), Sil. 1, 14: nepotes, i.e. the Carthaginians , id. 17, 404: ductor, i.e. Hannibal , id. 17, 392.—
2 Ăgēnŏrĭdēs , ae, patr. m. , a male descendant of Agenor.
I His son Cadmus , Ov. M. 3, 8; so id. ib. 3, 81; 90; 4, 562; id. P. 1, 3, 77.—
II Perseus , whose grandfather , on the mother's side , Danaüs , was descended from Agenor , Ov. M. 4, 771.