Oeagrus

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

Oeā̆grus, i, m., = Οἴαγρος,

I a king of Thrace , the father of Orpheus , Ov. Ib. 484; Hyg. Fab. 14.—Hence,

II Oeā̆grĭus , a, um, adj., = Οἰάγριος, Oeagrian , poet. for Thracian : Oeagrius Hebrus, Verg. G. 4, 524: Haemus, where Orpheus was torn in pieces , Ov. M. 2, 219: dulcius Oeagrios pulsabat pectine nervos, played on the cithara like Orpheus , Sil. 4, 463.