Palinurus

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

Pălĭnūrus, i, m., = Παλίνουρος,

the pilot of Aeneas , who fell asleep at the helm and tumbled into the sea off the coast of Lucania , whence the name of the promontory near the spot (now perh. Punta dello Spartimento ), Verg. A. 5, 847; 871; 6, 337; 381; Luc. 9, 42; Mel. 2, 4, 9; Hor. C. 3, 4, 28. —In a lusus verbb. with πάλιν οὐρεῖν, iterum meiere, Mart. 3, 78, 2.

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