Minoius

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

Mīnōĭus, a, um, adj., = Μινώϊος,

of or belonging to Minos, Minoan; poet. also for Cretan : Minoia regna, Verg. A. 6, 14: virgo, i. e. Ariadne, daughter of Minos , Val. Fl. 7, 279: sella, the tribunal of Minos in the infernal regions , Prop. 5, 11, 21: tela, i. e. Cretan arrows , Sil. 2, 107: turba, Cretan army , id. 14, 43: tecta Brundisii, founded by Cretans , Luc. 5, 406.