(adj.adj.) : Chāŏnes, um, m., = Χάονες
* A people in the north-west part of Epirus, named after Chaon (v. the preced. art.), the Chaonians, Plin. 4, prooem. § 2; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 334 sq.; acc. plur. Gr. Chaonas, Claud. B. Get. 135; their country was called Chā-ŏnĭa, ae, f., Verg. A. 3, 335 Serv.; Plin. 4, prooem. § 2; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 2; Liv. 32, 5, 9.
* Hence
* Chāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Chaonian; also of Epirus: campi,Verg. A. 3, 334: sinus,Ov. M. 13, 717: glans,Verg. G. 1, 8: pater, i. e. Jupiter, whose oracle was at Dodona, id. ib. 2, 67; cf. Juppiter,Val. Fl. 1, 303: columbae,which revealed the future at Dodona,Verg. E. 9, 13: nemus,i. e. the oak forest,Stat. Th. 6, 99: truncus,Val. Fl. 8, 461: vertex,Luc. 3, 180: victus,i.e. of acorns,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 47.
* Chāŏnis, ĭdis, f.adj., Chaonian: ales, i.e. columba (v. the preced.),Ov. A. A. 2, 150: arbos, i. e. quercus,id. M. 10, 90: quercus,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1624.

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