Rhoetēus, a, um, adj., = Ῥοιτειος,
I of or belonging to the promontory of Rhoeteum , Rhoetean : profundum, the sea that washes it , Ov. M. 11, 197; cf. litora, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 125; and subst.: Rhoeteum rapax, Ov. F. 4, 279.— Hence poet., in gen., of or belonging to Troy , Trojan : ductor, i. e. Aeneas , Verg. A. 12, 456: litora, Luc. 6, 351: fata, Sil. 1, 115.—
2 Collat. form Rhoetē-ĭus , a, um, adj., Trojan , and transf. for Roman : regna, Sil. 7, 431: pubes, id. 9, 621: lancea, id. 17, 197.