Lycaeus

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

Lycaeus, i, m., = Λυκαῖος,

I a mountain in Arcadia (now Dhiaforti ), where Jupiter and Pan were worshipped , Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21; Verg. G. 4, 539; Ov. M. 1, 217; Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 17; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 343 and 344: saxa Lycaei, Verg. E. 10, 15.—Hence,

II Lycaeus , a, um, adj., Lycean : Panos de more Lycaei, Verg. A. 8, 344: collis, Ov. M. 1, 698: nemus, id. ib. 8, 317: deus, i. e. Pan , Val. Fl. 6, 533.

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