Atys

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ătys or Attys, yos, m., = Ἄτυς, Ἄττυς (diff. from Attis, q. v.).

I A son of Hercules and Omphale , father of Tyrrhenus and Lydus , and ancestor of the Lydian kings , who are therefore called Atyadae, Tac. A. 4, 55.—

II The ancestor of the gens Atia (cf. Atius), Verg. A. 5, 568 Wagner.—

III A son of Alba , king of the Albani , Liv. 1, 3.