Cleonae

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

Clĕōnae, ārum (Clĕōna, ae, Mel. 2, 2, 9), f., = Κλεωναί.

I A small town in Argolis , near Nemea , where Hercules killed the lion , now Clenia , Liv. 33, 14, 11; Ov. M. 6, 417; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 12.—Hence,

B Clĕōnaeus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cleonae : ager, Liv. 33, 14, 7: leo, i. e. the Nemean lion , Luc. 4, 612; Sil. 3, 34: sidus = leo, Stat. S. 4, 28; Mart. 4, 60: stirpis, i.e. Herculeae, Stat. Th. 6, 837.—

II A town in Macedonia , on Mount Athos , Mel. 2, 2, 9; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 37.

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