Ā̆tlās, antis, m., = Ἄτλας.
I Atlas , a high mountain in Mauretania , in the northwest part of Libya , on which , acc. to the fable, heaven rested , Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 11 sqq.; Ov. M. 2, 296; 15, 149; id. F. 5, 83; Verg. A. 4, 247; 6, 796; Vitr. 6, 10; 8, 12; Hyg. Fab. 150 (cf. Hom. Od. 1, 52; 4, 385; Hdt. 3, 2; 4, 148; Apollod. 2, 5, 11; Diod. Sic. 3, 5).—
II In mythology, a king of Mauretania , son of Iapetus and Clymene , a lover of astronomy , Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 8; Ov. M. 4, 628 sq.; changed by Perseus , with the aid of Medusa's head , into Mount Atlas , because he refused him a hospitable reception as guest , Ov. M. 4, 657 sq. He was the father , by Pleione , of the seven Pleiades , and , by Aethra , of the seven (acc. to Hyg. five) Hyades. —Meton. for a man of colossal height , and iron. for a dwarf , Juv. 8, 32.—
III Derivv.
A Ā̆tlantĭcus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Mount Atlas , as a designation for westAfrican , Libyan : mare, the Atlantic Ocean , Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: accola, dwelling on Atlas , Sil. 10, 185: munera, i. e. citrus-wood , Mart. 14, 89; cf. Atlantis, 1.—
B Ā̆tlantĭăcus , a, um, adj., the same: litus, Sil. 13, 200: Olympus, i. e. the heaven borne by Atlas , Calp. 4, 83: profundum, Aus. Mos. 144.—
C Ā̆tlantēus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Atlas , and,
α Of Mount Atlas , as a designation for west-African , Libyan : finis, Hor. C. 1, 34, 11: Oceanus, the Atlantic Ocean , Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 280; cf. id. Prob. et Olyb. Cons. 35: gurges, Stat. Ach. 1, 223.—
β Of or belonging to King Atlas : Pleiades, Ov. F. 3, 105.—
D Ā̆t-lantĭădes , ae, m. patr. , a male descendant of King Atlas.
α Mercury , the grandson of Atlas by Maia , Ov. M. 2, 704; 2, 834; 8, 627 (cf.: nepos Atlantis, Ov. F. 5, 663; Hor. C. 1, 10, 1).—
β Hermaphroditus , greatgrandson of Atlas and son of Mercury , Ov. M. 4, 368.—
E Ā̆tlantĭăs , ădis, f. patr. , a female descendant of Atlas : sorores, i. e. Pleiades , daughters of Atlas , Sil. 16, 136: Calypso, Auct. Priap. 69 (cf. Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 685 P.: apud nympham Atlantis filiam Calypsonem).—
F Ā̆tlantis , ĭdis, f.
1 Adj., of or pertaining to Mount Atlas : silva, a citrus forest , Luc. 10, 144; cf. Atlanticus.—Also subst., the name of several islands in the Atlantic Ocean , of which the largest, acc. to Plato, was said to have sunk (some consider this as America), Plin. 2, 90, 92, § 205; 6, 31, 36, § 190.—
2 Adj., of or pertaining to King Atlas; and subst., his female posterity; thus the Pleiades and Hyades, connected as constellations in the heavens, are called Atlantides , Hyg. Fab. 192; id. Astr. 2, 21: Eoae Atlantides, the Pleiades , called Vergiliae, Verg. G. 1, 221 Serv.; Col. 10, 54; cf. Vitr. 6, 10.—In sing., an epithet of Electra , one of the Pleiades, Ov. F. 4, 31; and of Calypso , Tib. 4, 1, 77. —
G Ā̆tlantĭus , ii, m., a descendant of Atlas; Hermaphroditus , his great-grandson by Mercury (cf. Atlantiades), Hyg. Fab. 271.—
IV Ā̆tlantes , um, m., a Libyan people , Mel. 1, 4, 4; 1, 8, 5; Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 44 sq.; Sol. 31.—
V Atlantes = Gigantes, Naev. Bell. Punic. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.