Pygmalion

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

Pygmălĭon, ōnis, m., = Πυγμαλίων.

I Grandson of Agenor , who became enamoured of a statue he had made , and to which , at his earnest petition , Venus gave life , Ov. M. 10, 243 sq.; Arn. 6, 206.—

II Son of Belus , king of Tyre , and brother of Dido , Verg. A. 1, 347; Just. 18, 4, 3; 11.—Hence,

B Pygmălĭōnēus , a, um, adj., Pygmalionian , poet. for Phoenician : terra, Sil. 1, 21; also for Carthaginian , id. 6, 532.