Trītōn, ōnis or ōnŏs, m., = Τρίτων.
I Lit., a son of Neptune and the nymph Salacia , a sea-god , who , at the bidding of Neptune , blows through a shell to calm or rouse the sea , Ov. M. 2, 8; 1, 333 sq.; 13, 919; Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78; 2, 35, 89; Luc. 9, 348; Hyg. Astr. 2, 23 fin. — Plur. : Tritones, sea-gods that serve the other gods, Verg. A. 5, 824; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 26.—
B Transf.
1 A humorous designation of a lover of fish-ponds : piscinarum Tritones, qs. fish-pond gods , Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.—
2 A sea-fish of the genus pelamides, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 144.—
3 The name of a ship , Verg. A. 10, 209.—
II A river and lake in Africa , near the Lesser Syrtis , where , according to Egypto-Grecian fables , Minerva was born , Mel. 1, 7, 4; Luc. 9, 347; Stat. Th. 2, 722; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 36; Sid. Carm. 15, 5.—Hence,
1 Trītōnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lake Triton , Tritonian : Pallas, Verg. A. 5, 704; also, virgo, id. ib. 11, 483; more freq., absol. : Trītō-nĭa , ae, f., Minerva , Verg. A. 2, 171; Ov. M. 2, 783; 5, 250; 5, 270; 6, 1; id. F. 6, 655 et saep.—Also, Trītōnĭda , ae, Mart. Cap. 9, § 893.—
2 Trītōnĭăcus , a, um, adj., Tritonian : palus, a miry sea near Pallene , in Macedonia , Ov. M. 15, 358: harundo, i. e. the tibia invented by Pallas , id. ib. 6, 384.—
3 Trītōnis , ĭdis or ĭdos, f. adj., of or belonging to Lake Triton; or, transf., to Pallas , Palladian : palus, Lake Triton , Sil. 3, 322: Pallas, Lucr. 6, 750: arx, the citadel of Pallas , i. e. Athens , Ov. M. 2, 794: urbs, id. ib. 5, 645: pinus, i. e. the ship Argo , built at the suggestion of Pallas , id. H. 6, 47.—As subst.: Trītōnis , ĭdis or ĭdos, f.
1 Lake Triton , Sil. 9, 297; Stat. Th. 7, 185.—
2 Pallas , Verg. A. 2, 226; Ov. M. 3, 127; 8, 547: Tritonide fertiles Athenae, i. e. the olive-tree planted by Pallas , Stat. S. 2, 7, 28.