Pleuron

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

Pleuron, ōnis, f., = Πλευρών,

a city in Aetolia , now Castle of Irene , Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6; Stat. Th. 2, 727; Ov. M. 7, 382.— Hence, Pleurōnĭus , a, um, adj., = Πλευρώνιος, of or belonging to Pleuron , Pleuronian : Pleuronius Acmon, Ov. M. 14, 494. —Subst.: Pleurōnĭa , ae, f., Aetolia , or that part of Aetolia in which Pleuron is situated , Aus. Epit. 10.

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