Priamus

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

Prĭămus, i, m., = Πρίαμος.

I A son of Laomedon , king of Troy , husband of Hecuba , and father of Hector , Helenus , Paris , Deiphobus , Polyxena , Cassandra , etc.; he was slain by Neoptolemus or Pyrrhus , the son of Achilles , Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.): o pater, o patria, o Priami domus! id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag v. 118 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 458; 3, 50 al.; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85; Ov. M. 13, 404 sq.; Juv. 10, 258; Hyg. Fab. 89 and 90.—

II His grandson , named after him , the son of Polites , Verg. A. 5, 564.—Hence,

A Prĭă-mēis , ĭdis, f., = Πριαμηΐς, Priam's daughter : Atrides visā Priameide, i. e. Cassandra , Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37: Priameida viderat ipsam, id. A. A. 2, 405.—

B Prĭămēĭus , a, um, adj., = Πριαμήϊος, of or belonging to Priam : sceptra, Verg. A. 7, 252: virgo Cassandra, id. ib. 2, 403: conjux, i. e. Hecuba , Ov. M. 13, 404: hospes, i. e. Paris , id. A. A. 2, 5: heros, i. e. Hector , Auct. Pan. ad Pison. 162.—

C Prīămĭdes , ae, m., = Πριαμίδης, a son of Priam : Priamiden Helenum regnare, Verg. A. 3, 295: Priamides Deiphobus, id. ib. 6, 494: nec quas Priamides in aquosae vallibus Idae Contulit, i. e. Paris , Ov. F. 6, 15: deploratos Priamidas, Priam's sons , id. M. 13, 482.