Typhoeus

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

Typhōeus (trisyl.), ĕos, m., = Τυφωεύς,

I a giant , struck with lightning by Jupiter and buried under Mount Aetna , Verg. A. 9, 716; Ov. M. 5, 321 sq.; id. F. 4, 491; Hor. C. 3, 4, 53; Sil. 14, 196 al.—As a gigantic monster, called centimanus, Ov. M. 3, 303. —Hence,

A Typhōĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Typhōeus , Typhoean tela, Verg. A. 1, 665: cervix, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 183.—

B Typhōïs , ĭdis, adj f. , of Typhōeus , Typhoean : Aetna, Ov. H. 15, 11.