Isis

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

Īsis, is, and ĭdis. f., = Ἶσις,

I the Egyptian goddess Isis , Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 47; Ov. M. 9, 772; Tac. G. 9; Luc. 9, 158.—

B Hence,

1 Isidis crinis, an unknown plant , Juba ap. Plin. 13, 25, 52, § 142.—

2 Isidis sidus, the planet Venus , Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37.—

II Deriv. Īsĭăcus , a, um, adj., = Ἰσιακός, of or belonging to Isis : conjectores, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132: focus, Ov. P. 1, 1, 52: Isiacae sacraria lenae, Juv. 6, 488.—Subst.: Īsĭă-cus , i, m., a priest of Isis , Suet. Dom. 1; Val. Max. 7, 3, 8; Plin. 27, 7, 29, § 53 al.

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