Laomedon

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

Lāŏmĕdon, ontis, m., = Λαομέδων,

I the father of Priam and Ganymede, king of Troy , Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65; Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 2; Hor. C. 3, 3, 22; Ov. M. 6, 96; id. F. 6, 729; Hyg. Fab. 89.—Hence,

A Lāŏmĕdontēus , a, um, adj., = Λαομεδόντειος, of or belonging to Laomedon , poet., Trojan : gens, Verg. A. 4, 542: arva, Ov. M. 11, 196: flammae, i. e. the Vestal fire brought by Aeneas to Rome , Sil. 1, 543.—

B Lāŏmĕdontĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Laomedon , poet., Trojan : heros, i. e. Aeneas , Verg. A. 8, 18: pubes, i. e. the Trojan youth , id. ib. 7, 105.—

C Lāŏmĕ-dontĭădes , ae, m., a male descendant of Laomedon : Priamus, Verg. A. 8, 158; Juv. 6, 326.—In plur.: Lāŏmĕdontĭădae , ārum, m., poet., Trojans , Verg. A. 3, 248.