Minois

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

Mīnōis, ĭdis, f., = Μινωἷς.

I A female descendant of Minos . So his daughter Ariadne , Ov. M. 8, 174; Prop. 3, 19, 27: grex magis, an regnum Minoida sollicitat? i. e. Pasiphaë, the wife of Minos , Aus. Idyll. 12, 7.—

II A name of the Isle of Paros , Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 67.