Ĕrymanthus, i, m., = Ἐρύμανθος.
I A chain of mountains in Arcadia , on the borders of Elis , where Hercules slew the boar named after the place , Ov. H. 9, 87; id. M. 5, 608; Mart. 11, 69.—
B Derivv.
1 Ĕrymanthĭus , a, um, adj., Erymanthian : belua, Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: aper, id. ib. 4, 22, 55; and sarcastically, with Verres immanissimus, id. Verr. 2, 4, 43 fin. : mater, i. e. Atalanta , from Tegea , in Arcadia , Stat. Th. 12, 805.—
2 Ĕrymanthēus , a, um, adj., Erymanthian : monstrum, Val. Fl. 1, 374.—
3 Ĕrymanthĭas , ădis, f., adj., Erymanthian : Nymphae, Stat. Th. 4, 329. —
4 Ĕrymanthis , ĭdis, f., adj., Erymanthian : silvae, Ov. M. 2, 499: ursa, i. e. Callisto of Arcadia , who was changed into a bear , and placed by Jupiter as a constellation in the sky , id. Tr. 1, 4, 1; 3, 4, 47.—
II The river Erymanthus , which rises in these mountains , Mel. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21; Ov. M. 2, 244.—
III A river in Persia , Plin. 6, 23, 25, § 92.