Dindymus

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

Dindymus (-os), i, m., and Dindy-mon, i, n., = Δίνδυμον,

I a mountain in Mysia near Pessinus, sacred to Cybele , Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 142; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 3; Cat. 63, 91; Ov. F. 4, 249.—Also, Dindyma , ōrum, n., = Δίνδυμα, τά, Verg. A. 9, 618; 10, 252; Ov. M. 2, 223; id. F. 4, 234.—

II Hence,

A Dindymēnē , ēs, f., = Δινδυμηνή, the goddess Cybele, who was worshipped there , Hor. C. 1, 16, 5.— Gen. : Dindymenae, Cat. 63, 13.—

B Dindy-mārĭus , ĭi, m., a priest of Cybele , Commod. 17, 6.