Ismarus

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

Ismărus, i, m., or Ismăra, ōrum, n., = Ἴσμαρος,

I a mountain on the southern coast of Thrace : Ismara propter, Lucr. 5, 31: juvat Ismara Baccho conserere, Verg. G. 2, 37; Stat. Th. 7, 685.—Form Ismarus: Rhodope miratur et Ismarus Orphea, Verg. E. 6, 30.—

B Transf., the city at the foot of the mountain , and the territory belonging to it : quos Idas pater, et patria Ismara mittit, Verg. A. 10, 351: Castra decem annorum, Ciconum manus, Ismara capta, Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 25.—

II Derivv. Ismărĭ-cus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ismarus , Ismarian : Aquilo, Avien. Perieg. 33. —

B Ismărĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ismarus , Ismarian , Thracian : gentes, Ov. M. 10, 305: juga, id. F. 3, 410: Bacchae, id. M. 9, 642: rex, i. e. Polymestor , king of Thrace , id. ib. 13, 530: vallis, the valley where Orpheus drew the wild beasts after him by the sound of his lyre , Prop. 2, 13, 6 (3, 4, 6).

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