Trōs, Trōis, m., = Τρώς,
I a king of Phrygia , after whom Troy was named; he was the son of Erichthonius and grandson of Dardanus , Verg. G. 3, 36; Ov. F. 4, 33; Sil. 11, 297; Aus. Idyll. 12, 19.—Hence,
A Trōja or Trōia , ae, f., Troy , a city of Phrygia , Mel. 2, 3, 6; Liv. 1, 1; Verg. A. 1, 1; 3, 3; Ov. M. 11, 199 sq.; 13, 404 sq.—
2 Transf.
a A place founded by Aeneas in the Laurentine territory in Italy , Liv. 1, 1, 3.—
b A place settled by Helenus in Epirus , Ov. M. 13, 721; Verg. A. 3, 349.—
c A Roman game played on horseback , a sort of sham-fight , Verg. A. 5, 596 sq.; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; id. Calig. 18 fin. ; id. Claud. 21; cf. Fest. p. 367.—Hence,
B Trōĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy , Trojan : Aeneas, Verg. A. 1, 596; Ov. M. 14, 156: heros, i. e. Aesacus , id. ib. 11, 773: sacra, Tib. 2, 5, 40 (Troica, Müll.): arma, Verg. A. 1, 249; 3, 306: gaza, id. ib. 1, 119.—
2 Trōjānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy , Trojan : urbs, i. e. Troy , Verg. A. 1, 624: moenia, Ov. M. 13, 23: regna, id. ib. 9, 232: opes, Verg. A. 2, 4: bellum, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 1; Ov. M. 15, 160: tempora, Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 365; Sen. Cons. Helv. 8, 6; id. Ep. 88, 40: judex, i. e. Paris , Ov. F. 4, 121: ludi, i. e. the game of Troy (v. 2. c. supra), Suet. Tib. 6.— Prov.: equus Trojanus, for a concealed danger , a secret artifice : intus, intus inquam est equus Trojanus, Cic. Mur. 37, 78. —Equus Trojanus is also the title of a tragedy of Naevius , Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; 7, 1, 2.— Subst.
α Trōjāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Troy , the Trojans , Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; id. Inv. 1, 22, 32; id. Phil. 2, 22, 59; Lucr. 1, 476; Verg. A. 11, 421; Ov. M. 13, 702; Liv. 1, 1, 2; Sen. Ep. 27, 5.—
β Trōjānum , i, n., a country-place in Latium , Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6.—
3 Trōĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy , Trojan : tempora, Cic. Brut. 10, 40: bellum, Vell. 1, 5, 3; Ov. P. 2, 10, 14: Vesta, id. M. 15, 730; cf. ignis, the perpetual fire which was kept in the temple of Vesta at Rome , Stat. S. 1, 1, 35: fata, Ov. H. 1, 28.—
4 Trōs , ōis, m., a Trojan. Verg. A. 1, 574; 10, 108; 6, 52.— Plur. , Verg. A. 1, 172; 2, 325; 5, 265; 12, 137; Ov. H. 1, 13; id. M. 12, 67; 13, 91; 13, 269.—
5 Trōăs , ădis or ădŏs, adj. f. , Trojan : in agro Troade, Nep. Paus. 3, 3: humus, Ov. H. 13, 94: matres, ib. ib. 16, 183: turba, Sen. Troad. 84.—More freq.,
b Subst.
α A Trojan woman , Ov. M. 13, 566; 13, 421; 13, 481; id. H. 13, 137; Verg. A. 5, 613. —
β Troas, the title of a tragedy by Q. Cicero , Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 6, 7: Troades, the title of a tragedy by Seneca. —
γ The region about Troy , the Troad , Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 121; Nep. Paus. 3, 3; Mel. 1, 2; 1, 18; 2, 7. —
6 Trōĭădes , um, f., Trojan women , Pers. 1, 4.