Ŏīleus (trisyl.), ĕi (ēī) and ĕŏs, m., = Ὀϊλευς.
I A king of Locris , father of the Ajax who violated Cassandra , and who was called , from his parentage , Ajax Oilei (to distinguish him from Ajax Telamonius), Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 71: nec mihi Oilei proferatur Ajax, Lucil. ap. Non. 158, 12: unius ab noxam et furias Ajacis Oilei, Verg. A. 1, 41; in the form Oileos, Ov. M. 12, 622: multos, inquit Antonius, possum tuos Ajaces Oileos nominare, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265.—Transf., Ajax : fulmine et ponto moriens Oileus, Sen. Med. 662.—
B Hence,
1 Oīlēus , a, um, adj., Oilean : Ajax, i. e. the son of Oileus , Hyg. Fab. 81; Dict. Cret. 1, 17.—
2 Ŏīlĭădes , ae, m., = Ὀϊλιάδης, the son of Oileus , i. e. Ajax (al. Oilides), Sil. 14, 479.—
3 Ŏīlīdes , ae, m.: victor Oilide, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 117 (dub.; Müll. Oiliade).—
II One of the Argonauts , Hyg. Fab. 14.