Mycenae

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

Mycēnae, ārum, or Mycēna, ae, and Mycēne, ēs, f., = Μυκηναι, Μυκήνη,

I a celebrated city in Argolis, of which Agamemnon was king : Agamemnoniaeque Mycenae, Verg. A. 6, 838; Ov. M. 6, 414; 15, 426 al.: deprensus urbe Mycenae, Verg. A. 5, 52: Diti sacrata, Auct. Priap. 77: ante Agamemnoniam ... Mycenen, Sil. 1, 27.—

II Derivv.

A Mycēnaeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mycenae, Mycenaean : ductor, i. e. Agamemnon , Verg. A. 11, 266: teque, Mycenaeo, Phoebas, amata duci, i. e. Cassandra, beloved by Agamemnon, king of Mycenae , Ov. Tr. 2, 400: manus, i. e. Agamemnonis, id. H. 5, 2: rates, the Grecian fleet, under the command of Agamemnon , Prop. 3, 15, 32.—

B Mycēnensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Mycenae, Mycenaean .—In plur.: Mycēnenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Mycenae, the Mycenaeans , Cic. poët. Fin. 2, 6, 18.—

C Mycēnis , ĭdis, f., the Mycenaean , i. e. Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon : suppositā fertur mutāsse Mycenida cervā, Ov. M. 12, 34.

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