Itys

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

Ĭtys, Ityos, Ityn or Itym, m., = Ἴτυς.

I Son of Tereus and Progne; he was killed by his mother and served up to his father for food; whereupon he was changed into a pheasant , Progne into a swallow , and Tereus into an owl , Ov. M. 6, 652 sq.—

II A Trojan , slain by Turnus , Verg. A. 9, 574; Prop. 3, 10, 10.

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