Tityrus

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

Tītyrus, i, m.

I Lit., the name of a shepherd in Virgil’s Eclogues , Verg. E. 1.—

II Transf.

A For a shepherd in gen., Verg. E. 8, 55.—

B As a designation of Virgil’s Eclogues , Ov. Am. 1, 15, 25. —

C As a designation of Virgil himself, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 72.

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