Oeneus (dissyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., = Οἰνεύς,
I a king of Aetolia or Calydon , the husband of Althaea , and father of Meleager , Tydeus , Dejanira , Gorgo , etc., Ov. M. 8, 281 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 172; Stat. Th. 2, 165; 586; Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8, 20.— Hence,
A Oenēis , ĭdis, f., = Οἰνηΐς, the daughter of Oeneus , i. e. Dejanira , Sen. Herc. Oet. 583.—
B Oenēĭus , a, um, adj., = Οἰνήϊος, Oenean : Oeneius heros, i. e. Tydeus , Stat. Th. 5, 661.—
C Oenēus (trisyl.), a, um, adj., = Οἰνήϊος, Oenean : Oeneos per agros, i. e. of Calydon or Aetolia , Ov. M. 8, 281.—
D Oenīdes , ae, m., = Οἰνείδης, a male descendant of Oeneus : at manus Oenidae variat, i. e. Meleager , Ov. M. 8, 414; Val. Fl. 3, 690: et generum Oeniden, Appule Daune, tuum, i. e. Diomedes , son of Tydeus , Ov. F. 4, 76; cf. id. M. 14, 512.