Mimas

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

Mĭmas, antis, m., = Μίμας.

I A mountain range in Ionia, opposite the Isle of Chios, a branch of Mount Tmolus, still called Mimas , Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118; Ov. M. 2, 222; Luc. 7, 451; Cic. Att. 16, 13, a, 2; id. Fragm. p. 580 Orell.; Amm. 31, 14, 8.—

II A giant : Typhoeus et validus Mimas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 53; Sil. 4, 278.—

III A Trojan : Mimanta, Verg. A. 10, 702.

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