Ismenus

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

Ismēnus or -ŏs, i, m., = Ἰσμηνός,

I a river of Boeotia , near Thebes , Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; Ov. M. 2, 244; Stat. Th. 1, 40; 9, 404.—

II Derivv.

A Ismēnĭus , a, um, adj., = Ἰσμήνιος, of or belonging to Ismenus , Ismenian , poet. for Theban , Ov. M. 13, 682: heros, i. e. Polynices , Stat. Th. 2, 307.—

B Ismēnis , ĭdis, f., = Ἰσμηνίς, a Theban woman , Ov. M. 3, 169; 733; 4, 31.

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