Tīthōnus or -nos, i, m., = Τιθωνός,
I son of Laomedon , consort of Aurora , and father of Memnon; endowed with immortality , and changed at last , after reaching a decrepit old age , into a cicada , Cic. Sen. 1, 3; Verg. A. 4, 585; Ov. F. 6, 473; Hor. C. 2, 16, 30; 1, 28, 8: Tithoni conjux, Ov. H. 17 (18), 111.—Hence,
A Tīthōnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tithonus , Tithonian : conjux, i. e. Aurora , Ov. F. 3, 403.—Called also, absol. : Tīthōnia , Ov. F. 4, 943; Val. Fl. 1, 311; 3, 1; Stat. Th. 12, 3: senectus, id. S. 4, 3, 151. —
B Tīthōnaeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tithonus : Memnon, Avien. Perieg. 368. —
C Tīthōnis , ĭdis, f., the wife of Tithonus , i. e. Aurora , Stat. S. 5, 1, 34.