Hyantes

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

Hyantes, um, m., = Ὕαντες,

I the Hyantes , an old name of the Boeotians , Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 26.—

II Derivv.

A Hyan-tēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hyantes ( Boeotians ), Hyantean , Boeotian : Iolāus, Ov. M. 8, 310: Aganippe, id. ib. 5, 312: aqua, i. e. Castalian , Mart. 12, 3, 12.—

B Hyantĭus , a, um, adj., the same: sorores, i. e. the Muses , Stat. S. 2, 7, 8; cf. Camenae, Sid. Ep. 8, 9 in carm.: juvenis, i. e. Actaeon , as grandson of Cadmus, Ov. M. 3, 147.

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