Pandion

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

Pandīon, ŏnis, m., = Πανδίων.

I A king of Athens , father of Progne and Philomela , Hyg. Fab. 48; Ov. M. 6, 426; 676: Pandionis populus, i. e. the Athenians , Lucr. 6, 1143: Pandione nata, i. e. Progne , Ov. M. 6, 634.—Transf., for the nightingale , Ov. P. 1, 3, 39: Cecropiae Pandionis arces, Mart. 1, 26, 3.—Hence,

B Pandīŏnĭus , a, um, adj., Pandionian : Pandioniae Athenae, Ov. M. 15, 430: Pandionia Orithyia, the sister of Pandion , Prop. 1, 20, 31: res Pandioniae, the Athenian state , Claud. IV. Cons. Honor. 506: arces, the citadel of Athens , id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 19; also called mons, Stat. Th. 2, 720: volucres, the nightingale and the swallow , Sen. Octav. 8: cavea, the Athenian theatre , Sid. Carm. 23, 137.—

II A son of Jupiter and Luna , Hyg. Fab. praef.

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