Ophion

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

Ŏphīon, ŏnis, m., = Ὀφίων, a proper name.

I One of the giants , Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 348.—

II One of the companions of Cadmus; hence, Ŏphīŏnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ophion; poet. for Theban : Ophionia caedes, i. e. of Pentheus , Sen. Oedip. 483.—

III The father of Amycus , the Centaur; hence, Ŏphīŏnĭdes , ae, m., the son of Ophion , the Ophionide , of Amycus, Ov. M. 12, 245.

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ŏphīon, ŏnis, m., = ὀφίων, a fabulous animal of Sardinia , Plin. 28, 9, 42, § 151; 30, 15, 52, § 1...

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