(adjective) : Lynceus (dissyl.), ĕi (
* Gen. Lyncei, dissyl., Hor. S. 1, 2, 90 Orell. ad loc.; voc. Lynceu, Prop. 3, 32, 9), m., = Λυγκεύς, a Messenian, and one of the Argonauts, brother of Idas, and son of Aphareus, famed for the sharpness of his sight: non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28: Lyncei oculi,id. S. 1, 2, 90; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 462; Hyg. Fab. 14; Val. Max. 1, 8, n. 14; Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 78; Ov. F. 5, 711; Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 9.—Hence
* Lyncēus, a, um, , = Λύγκειος, of Lynceus, Lyncean, Ov. F. 5, 709.
* Transf., sharp-sighted: quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat,Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2.
* A son of Aegyptus, and husband of Hypermnestra, who alone was saved by his wife when all his brothers were put to death, Ov. H 14, 123; Hyg. Fab. 273.
* Son of Thestius, and brother of Althaea, who was slain by Meleager, Hyg. Fab. 173; 174.
* One of the companions of Aeneas; acc. Lyncĕă, Verg. A. 9, 768.