Dia

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

Dīa, ae, f., Δῖα.

I The old name of the island of Naxos, Ov. M. 3, 690; 8, 174. —

II A city in the Chersonesus Taurica, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 86.—

III An island near Crete , now Standia , id. 4, 12, 20, § 61.—

B A woman's name .

I The mother of Mercury , Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56.—

II The wife of Ixion, and mother of Pirithous , Hyg. F. 155.

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