Glaucus

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

Glaucus, i, m., = Γλαῦκος, a Greek proper name.

I A son of Sisyphus , devoured by his own horses , Verg. G. 3, 267.—

II The commander of the Lycians in the Trojan war , a friend of Diomede , Hor. S. 1, 7, 17.—

III A fisherman of Anthedon , in Euboea , who was changed into a sea-god , Ov. M. 13, 906 sq.; 14, 9; 38; 68; 7, 233: Glauci chorus, the Nereids , Verg. A. 5, 823; Stat. Th. 7, 335.

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