Adonis

·noun A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.

II. Adonis ·noun A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.

III. Adonis ·noun A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis);

— named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.

Adonis
ADO´NIS(Ἄδωνις: Nahr el Ibrahim), a small river of Syria, which rising in Mount Libanus enters the M...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Adonis
Ădōnis, nis or nĭdis, m., = Ἄδωνις and Ἄδων (nom. Adon, Venant. Carm. 7, 12 and 18; gen. Adonis, Pli...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Adonis
Adōnis is (dat.Adōnidī, C.; voc.Adōni, O.), m a youth beloved by Venus, V. ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
adonis
An anguilliform fish, about six inches long: it is of a golden colour, with a greenish tint, and has...

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