Haemonia

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

Haemŏnĭa (Aemŏnia), ae, f.,

I a poetical name of Thessaly , Ov. M. 1, 568; 2, 543; 8, 815; id. R. Am. 249; id. F. 5, 381: nivalis, Hor. C. 1, 37, 20.—

II Derivv.

A Haemŏnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Haemonia ( Thessaly ), Haemonian ( Thessalian ): gens, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 30: urbs, i. e. Trachin , id. M. 11, 652: Acastus, id. ib. 11, 410: juvenis, i. e. Jason , id. ib. 7, 132: puer, i. e. Achilles , id. F. 5, 400: equi, i. e. of Achilles , id. Tr. 3, 11, 28: lyra, the same, id. ib. 4, 1, 16: arcus, i. e. the constellation Sagittarius (because orig. the Thessalian centaur Chiron), id. M. 2, 81.—

B Haemŏ-nĭdes , ae, m., = Αἱμονίδης, a Haemonian or Thessalian; in plur., i. q. Argonautae, the Argonauts , Val. Fl. 4, 506.—

C Hae-mŏnis ( Aem- ), ĭdis, f., a Thessalian woman , Ov. H. 13, 2; Luc. 6, 436; 590.