Dĭōnē, ēs (-a, ae, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59), f., = Διώνη.
I The mother of Venus , Cic. l.l.; Hyg. praef.; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 433.
II —Hence, Dĭōnaeus , a, um, adj., of Dione : vestis, the garment worked by Dione for her daughter , Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 102.—Far more freq. as in Greek,
II Venus , Ov. F. 2, 461; 5, 309; id. Am. 1, 14, 33 al.
IV —Hence, Dĭōnaeus , a, um, adj., of Dione (Venus) : mater, Venus herself (with reference to Aeneas), Verg. A. 3, 19; hence, Dionaeus Caesar, as the descendant of Iulus, Aeneas, and consequently of Venus, id. E. 9, 47: columba, sacred to Venus , Stat. S. 3, 5, 80: flores, Col. 10, 286: antrum, Dione's grotto , as the scene of love and love-songs, Hor. C. 2, 1, 39.