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Belus
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Lewis Short
Bēlus | Bēlīdes, ae | Bēlis, ĭdis | Bēlĭdĕs, um | Bēlĭăs, ădis (noun M.m.f.f) : Βῆλος; Heb. .
* An Asiatic king of a primitive age, builder of Babylon and founder of the Babylonian kingdom, Verg. A. 1, 621; 1, 729 sq.: priscus,Ov. M. 4, 213 (like Βῆλος ὁ ἀρχαῖος, Aelian. V. H. 13, 3).
* An Indian deity, compared with Hercules of the Greeks, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Robinson, Dict., under .
* A king of Egypt, father of Danaus and Aegyptus.
* Derivv.
* (for the length of the i, cf. Prisc. p. 584 P.), , = Βηλίδης, a male descendant of Belus: Belidae fratres,i. e. Danaus and Aegyptus,Stat. Th. 6, 291: surge, age, Belide, de tot modo fratribus unus,i. e. Lynceus, son of Aegyptus,Ov. H. 14, 73: Palamedes,Verg. A. 2, 82 (septimo gradu a Belo originem ducens, Serv.).
* Beli oculus, a precious stone, cat's-eye, a species of onyx, Plin. 37, 10, 55, § 149.
* A river of Galilee, on the borders of Phoenicia, now Nahr Naaman, Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75; Tac. H. 5, 7.
* An Asiatic king of a primitive age, builder of Babylon and founder of the Babylonian kingdom, Verg. A. 1, 621; 1, 729 sq.: priscus,Ov. M. 4, 213 (like Βῆλος ὁ ἀρχαῖος, Aelian. V. H. 13, 3).
* An Indian deity, compared with Hercules of the Greeks, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Robinson, Dict., under .
* A king of Egypt, father of Danaus and Aegyptus.
* Derivv.
* (for the length of the i, cf. Prisc. p. 584 P.), , = Βηλίδης, a male descendant of Belus: Belidae fratres,i. e. Danaus and Aegyptus,Stat. Th. 6, 291: surge, age, Belide, de tot modo fratribus unus,i. e. Lynceus, son of Aegyptus,Ov. H. 14, 73: Palamedes,Verg. A. 2, 82 (septimo gradu a Belo originem ducens, Serv.).
* Beli oculus, a precious stone, cat's-eye, a species of onyx, Plin. 37, 10, 55, § 149.
* A river of Galilee, on the borders of Phoenicia, now Nahr Naaman, Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75; Tac. H. 5, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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