Rhamnus

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

Rhamnūs, untis, f., = Ῥαμνοῦς,

I the northernmost town of Attica , famed for an ancient temple of Themis , and in later times for a statue of Nemesis , the mod. Ovriokastro , Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24; 36, 5, 4, § 17; Luc. 5, 233.— Hence,

1 Rhamnūsĭus , a, um, adj., Rhamnusian Rhamnusium se aiebat esse, from Rhamnus , Ter. And. 930: Antiphon, Cic. Brut. 12, 47: virgo, i. e. Nemesis , Cat. 66, 71; also called dea, Claud. B. Get. 631; and simply Rhamnūsia , ae, f., Ov. M. 3, 406; id. Tr. 5, 8, 9; Stat S. 3, 5, 5. —

2 Rhamnūsis , ĭdis, f., the Rhamnusian goddess , i. e. Nemesis , Ov. M. 14, 694.

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