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Leleges
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Lĕlĕges | Lĕ-lĕgēïus, a, um | Lĕlĕgēis, ĭdis (noun M) : Λέλεγες
* A Pelasgic tribe who lived scattered over several parts of Asia Minor and Greece (in Caria, lonia, Mysia, Thessaly, Locris, Megara), Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27; 5, 30, 33, § 127; Verg. A. 8, 725; Ov. M. 9, 645; Luc. 6, 383.—In sing.: hac Ixionides, illa Troezenius heros parte Lelex, the Lelegeian, as a proper name, Ov. M. 8, 566.
* Hence
* Adj., of or belonging to the Leleges, Lelegeian: litora,i. e. the coast of Megara,Ov. M. 8, 8: moenia,i. e. Megara,id. ib. 7, 443.
* Adj., Lelegeian, Asiatic: nymphae Lelegeides,Ov. M. 9, 651.—Subst., an early name of Miletus, because formerly inhabited by the Leleges, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112.
* A Pelasgic tribe who lived scattered over several parts of Asia Minor and Greece (in Caria, lonia, Mysia, Thessaly, Locris, Megara), Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27; 5, 30, 33, § 127; Verg. A. 8, 725; Ov. M. 9, 645; Luc. 6, 383.—In sing.: hac Ixionides, illa Troezenius heros parte Lelex, the Lelegeian, as a proper name, Ov. M. 8, 566.
* Hence
* Adj., of or belonging to the Leleges, Lelegeian: litora,i. e. the coast of Megara,Ov. M. 8, 8: moenia,i. e. Megara,id. ib. 7, 443.
* Adj., Lelegeian, Asiatic: nymphae Lelegeides,Ov. M. 9, 651.—Subst., an early name of Miletus, because formerly inhabited by the Leleges, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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