Thyone

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

Thyōnē, ēs, f., = Θυώνη,

I the mother of the fifth Bacchus , enumerated in Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58.—Hence,

A Thyōneus , ĕi, m., the son of Thyone , i. e. Bacchus : indetonsus, Ov. M. 4, 13: Semeleius, Hor. C. 1, 17, 23.—

B Thyōnĭānus , i, m., the son of Thyone , i. e. Bacchus , Aus. Idyll. 13 praef. —Meton., for wine , Cat. 27, 8.