Hymettus

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

Hymettus or -os, i, m., = Ὑμηττός,

I a mountain near Athens , famed for its honey and its marble , Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24; Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Hor. C. 2, 6, 14; Ov. M. 7, 702; Mart. 7, 88; Val. Fl. 1, 396 et saep.— In fem. : Attica (perh. of the region about Hymettus), Ap. Met. 1, 1, 7—

II Deriv.: Hymettĭus , a, um, adj., of or from Hymettus , Hymettian : mel, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 240, 33; Hor. S. 2, 2, 15: cera, Ov. M. 10, 284: columnae, Plin. 36, 3, 3, § 7: trabes, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3.

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