Ĕchīon, ŏnis, m.
I One of the heroes who sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus; the husband of Agave and father of Pentheus , Ov. M. 3, 126; 10, 686; Stat. Th. 4, 569; Hyg. Fab. 178.—Hence: Echione natus, for Pentheus , Ov. M. 3, 526.—
B Derivv.
1 Echīŏnĭdes , ae, m., the son of Echion , i. e. Pentheus , Ov. M. 3, 513 and 701.—
2 Echīŏnĭus , a, um, adj., meton. for Cadmean or Theban : hydrus, i. e. killed by Cadmus , Val. Fl. 8, 343: dens, id. 7, 554: aula, id. 7, 301; cf. arces, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 53: nomen, Verg. A. 12, 515; cf. plebs, Stat. Th. 1, 169: Bacchus, Pall. Insit. 45.—
II A son of Mercury , an Argonaut , and a sharer in the Calydonian hunt , Ov. M. 8, 311; Hyg. Fab. 14.—Hence,
B Echīŏ-nĭus , a, um, adj., of Echion : lacerto, Ov. M. 8, 345.—
III A celebrated Greek painter , Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37; id. Brut. 18, 70.