Ărĭadna, ae (nom. Ariadna, Cat. 64, 54; Prop. 2, 3, 18; Ov. A. A. 3, 35:
I Ariadne, Hyg. Fab. 255; 270: gen. ARIADNES, Corp. Inscr. 5, 3782: acc. Ariadnen, Hyg. Fab. 43; 224: abl. Ariadne, id. ib. 42), f., = Ἀριάδνη, daughter of Minos , king of Crete , who extricated Theseus from the Labyrinth , and accompanied him on his return to Greece , but was deserted by him at Naxos , where Bacchus fell in love with her and placed her crown as a constellation in the heavens , Ov. A. A. 3, 35 (cf. id. H. 10); id. F. 3, 462; Prop. 3, 17, 8; 2, 3, 18.—Also in prose, Mel. 2, 7, 12.
II —Hence, Ărĭadnae-us , a, um, adj., = Ἀριαδναῖος, of or pertaining to Ariadne , Ariadnaean : sidus, Ov. F. 5, 346: corona, Manil. 5, 21.