Hesiodus

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

Hēsĭŏdus, i, m., = Ἡσίοδος,

I the Greek poet Hesiod , Gell. 3, 11; 17, 21, 3; Vell. 1, 7, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 52; 5, 11, 19; Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 36; id. Off. 1, 15, 98.—

II Derivv.

A Hēsĭŏdēus or -īus , a, um, adj., = Ἡσιόδειος, of or relating to Hesiod , Hesiodic : illud Hesiodium laudatur a doctis, Cic. Brut. 4, 15: carmina, Sid. Carm. 9, 213.—

B Hēsĭŏdĭcus , a, um, adj., the same: carmen, Serv. Verg. G. 2, 176.