ας (ἡ) [ᾰμ] Amaltheia (Amalthée) chèvre nourrice de Zeus NONN. D. 27, 298, etc. ; CALL. Jov. 49, etc. ; changée plus tard en constellation, ARAT. 163 ; κέρας Ἀμαλθείας, corne d’Amalthée, càd. d’abondance, PHOCYL. 7, 2 ; ANTH. 11, 5 ; LUC. Rh. præc. 6, M. cond. 13, etc.

➳ Ion. Ἀμαλθίη, ANACR. (STR. 151).

Ion. Ἀμαλθείη or Ἀμαλθίη, ἡ, goat Amaltheia, which suckled Zeus, Call. Fr. 49; from her horn flowed whatever its possessor wished, hence κέρας Ἀμαλθείας horn of plenty, Anacr. 8, Phoc. 7, Ar. Fr. 39 D. ; applied to parks, etc., Duris 41, D.S. 3.68, etc. ; title of book, Gell. Praef. 6; — also Ἀμαλθεῖον, τό, country-house of Atticus in Epirus, Cic. Att. 1.16, cf. 18.