Laertes

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

Lāërtes, ae (nom. Laërta, Sen. Troad. 699; gen. Laërtis, acc. to Prisc. p. 705 P.), m.,

I = Λαέρτης, the father of Ulysses , Att. ap. Non. 314, 20 (Trag. Rel. v. 131 Rib.); Cic. de Sen. 15, 54; Ov. H. 1, 113.—

II Hence,

A Lāërtĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Laertes, Laertian : regna, i. e. Ithaca , Verg. A. 3, 272: heros, i. e. Ulysses , Ov. M. 13, 124; id. Tr. 5, 5, 3: proles, Verg. Cul. 326.—

B Lāërtĭădes , ae, m., = Λαερτιάδης, a male descendant of Laertes: his son Ulysses , Att. ap. App. de Deo Socr. c. 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 524 Rib.); Hor. C. 1, 15, 21; id. S. 2, 5, 59; Ov. M. 13, 48.