Āŏnĭa, ae, f., = Ἀονία.
I A part of Boeotia , in which are the Aonian mountains , Mount Helicon , and the fountain Aganippe , Serv. ad Verg. E. 6, 65; 10, 12.—Also in gen. for Boeotia , Gell. 14, 6.—Hence,
II Derivv.
A Āŏnĭdes , ae, m. patr. , an Aonid , i. e. Boeotian; of the Theban Eteocles, Stat. Th. 9, 95.—
B Āŏnis , ĭdis, f. patr. , a Boeotian woman; hence, in the plur.: Aonides, the Muses , as dwellers by Helicon and Aganippe (cf. Aonia), Ov. M. 5, 333; 6, 2; Juv. 7, 59.—
C Āŏnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Aonia , i.e. Boeotia (purely poet.), Aonian , Boeotian , Ov. M. 3, 339; 7, 763; 12, 24 al.—Hence, Aonius vir, Hercules , a native of Thebes , Ov. M. 9, 112: juvenis, Hippomenes , id. ib. 10, 589: deus, Bacchus , id. A. A. 2, 380: Aoniae, aquae, Aganippe , id. F. 3, 456.—Also, an epithet of the Muses (cf. Aonis), and of objects that have reference to them , Ov. F. 4, 245; id. Tr. 4, 10, 39; id. Am. 1, 1, 12; id. A. A. 3, 547; Stat. Silv. 5, 1, 113 al.