Orchomenus

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

Orchŏmĕnus or -os, i, m. or f. (and -on or -um, i, n.), = Ὀρχόμενος.

I The son of Athamas and Themisto , Hyg. Fab. 1.—

II A city in Boeotia , Caes. B. C. 3, 55; Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 226.—

III A city in Thessaly : Minyius, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29.—Hence,

B Orchŏmĕnĭus , a, um, adj., = Ὀρχομένιος, Orchomenian : lacus, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168: calamus, id. 16, 36, 66, § 164.— Plur subst. : Orchŏmĕnii , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Orchomenos , the Orchomenians , Nep. Lys. 3, 4; Just. 11, 3.—

IV A city in Arcadia , Liv. 32, 5: sub Orchomenon, Ov, M. 5, 607: Orchomenum, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.

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