īnō, ūs, f. (Ino, ōnis, Hyg. Fab. 2),
I daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia , sister of Semele , wife of Athamas king of Thebes , nurse of Bacchus , mother of Learchus and Melicerta , and step-mother of Phrixus and Helle. Being pursued by Athamas , who had become raving mad , she threw herself with Melicerta into the sea , whereupon they were both changed into sea-deities. Ino , as such , was called Matuta (Gr. Leucothea), and Melicerta Palaemon or Portumnus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; Ov. M. 4, 416 sq.; id. F. 6, 485; Hor. A. P. 123 al.; cf. Preller's Gr. Mythol. 1, p. 377 sq.—Hence,
II Īnōŭs , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ino : Melicerta, Verg. G. 1, 437; cf. Palaemon, id. A. 5, 823: sinus, Ov. M. 4, 497: pectus, Stat. S. 2, 1, 98: doli, Ov. A. A. 3, 176: arae, where Ino wished to sacrifice Phrixus , Val. Fl. 1, 521: undae, where Ino threw herself into the sea , id. ib. 2, 608: Isthmus, where games were celebrated by Athamas in honor of Ino , Stat. S. 4, 3, 60: Lechaeum, a promontory of the isthmus just mentioned , id. ib. 2, 2, 35.