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Idalium
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : Īdălĭum, ĭi, n., = Ἰδάλιον
* A mountaincity in Cyprus, sacred to Venus; now Dalin, Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 135; Verg. A. 1, 681.—Called also Īdălĭa, ae, f., Verg. A. 1, 693; 10, 52 (where domus is nom. sing., not plur.; v. Wagn. ad loc.).
* Deriv. Īdălĭus, a, um, , of or belonging to Idalium, Idalian; poet. also for Cyprian: vertex,the Idalian mountain,Prop. 2, 13, 54 (3, 5, 38 M.): Venus,id. ib. 5, 760: astrum,i. e. Venus,Prop. 4 (5), 6, 59. acus,of Venus,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 16: sagitta,i. e. dart of love,Sil. 5, 19: volucres,doves,Stat. Achill. 1, 372: suci,i. e. Cyprian,id. S. 1, 3, 10.— Subst.: Īdălĭē, ēs, f., Venus. Ov. M. 14, 694.
* A mountaincity in Cyprus, sacred to Venus; now Dalin, Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 135; Verg. A. 1, 681.—Called also Īdălĭa, ae, f., Verg. A. 1, 693; 10, 52 (where domus is nom. sing., not plur.; v. Wagn. ad loc.).
* Deriv. Īdălĭus, a, um, , of or belonging to Idalium, Idalian; poet. also for Cyprian: vertex,the Idalian mountain,Prop. 2, 13, 54 (3, 5, 38 M.): Venus,id. ib. 5, 760: astrum,i. e. Venus,Prop. 4 (5), 6, 59. acus,of Venus,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 16: sagitta,i. e. dart of love,Sil. 5, 19: volucres,doves,Stat. Achill. 1, 372: suci,i. e. Cyprian,id. S. 1, 3, 10.— Subst.: Īdălĭē, ēs, f., Venus. Ov. M. 14, 694.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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