Ixīon, ŏnis, m., = Ἰξίων,
I the son of Phlegyas (acc. to others, of Antion or of Jupiter ), king of the Lapithae in Thessaly , and father of Pirithoüs. He murdered his father-in-law , to avoid paying the nuptial presents; and as no one would absolve him after such a deed , Jupiter took him into heaven and there purified him. When , notwithstanding this , he made an attempt on the chastity of Juno , Jupiter substituted for her an image of cloud , with which he begat the Centaurs; but having boasted of his imaginary criminal success with Juno , Jupiter hurled him into Tartarus , where he was bound fast to an ever-revolving wheel , Ov. M. 4, 465; 10, 42; Verg. A. 6, 601: Ixione natus, i. e. Pirithoüs , Ov. M. 12, 210: Ixione nati, the Centaurs . id. ib. 12, 504.—
II Derivv.
A Ixīŏnĭus ( -onĕus ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ixion : Ixionei rota orbis, Verg. G. 4, 484: Ixionii amici, Lampr. Heliog. 24.—
B Ixīŏnĭdes , ae, m., son of Ixion , i. e. Pirithoüs , Prop. 2, 1, 38.—In plur.: Ixīŏnĭdae , ārum, the Centaurs , Luc. 6, 386; Ov. M. 8, 566.