Ărīon, ŏnis, m. (nom. Ario, Gell. 16, 19; acc. Gr. Ariona, Ov. F. 2, 83 al.), = Ἀρίων.
I A celebrated cithara player of Methymna , in Lesbos , rescued from drowning by a dolphin , Ov. F. 2, 79 sqq.; Gell. 16, 19; cf. Herod. 1, 23.
II —Hence, Ărīŏnĭus , a, um, adj., = Ἀριόνιος, belonging to Arion : nomen, Ov. F. 2, 93: lyra, id. A. A. 3, 326; Prop. 2, 26, 18. —
II A horse endowed with speech and the gift of prophecy , sent by Neptune to Adrastus; hence, vocalis, Prop. 2, 34, 37 fata movens, Stat. Th. 11, 443: Adrastaeus, id. S. 1, 1, 52; cf. Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 555, and Hom. Il. 23, 346.