Hylaeus

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

Hȳlaeus, i, m., = Ὑλαῖος (v. Chandler, Gr. Accent. § 239).

I A centaur who offered violence to Atalanta , Ov. A. A. 2, 191; Verg. A. 8, 294.—Hence,

B Hylaeus , a, um, adj., of Hylaeus : ramus, Prop. 1, 1, 13: gens, Val. Fl. 6, 74: ille etiam (i. e. Milanion) Hylaei percussus vulnere rami, Prop. 1, 1, 13.—

II One of Actaeon's hounds , Ov. M. 3, 213; Hyg. Fab. 181.