Minyae

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

Mĭnyae, ārum, m., = Μινύαι,

the Minyans, Argonauts, the companions of Jason, so called from their ancestor Minyas, a king in Thessaly : Minyae dicti Argonautae, quod plerique eorum ex filiis Minyae fuerant orti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.; Ov. M. 7, 1; cf. Hyg. Fab. 14.

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