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Naxos | Naxĭus, a, um | naxĭum, ii (noun F.n) : Νάξος
* The isle of Naxos (now Naxia, or Axia), in the Aegean Sea, the largest of the Cyclades, famed for its wines, and for the abandonment there of Ariadne by Theseus, Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 67; Verg. A. 3, 125; Ov. M. 3, 640; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 27.— Hence, , , adj., Naxian: turba,Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 28: juncus,Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 115: ardor,Ariadne's crown, a constellation,Col. 10, 52: cos, = Ναξία ἀκόνη, a whetstone from Naxos, Plin. 36, 22, 47, § 164. —Subst.: , , , a Naxian whetstone, Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54; 37, 8, 32, § 109.
* An ancient city of Sicily, destroyed by Dionysius. On or near its site Tauromenium was built, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88.
* The isle of Naxos (now Naxia, or Axia), in the Aegean Sea, the largest of the Cyclades, famed for its wines, and for the abandonment there of Ariadne by Theseus, Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 67; Verg. A. 3, 125; Ov. M. 3, 640; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 27.— Hence, , , adj., Naxian: turba,Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 28: juncus,Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 115: ardor,Ariadne's crown, a constellation,Col. 10, 52: cos, = Ναξία ἀκόνη, a whetstone from Naxos, Plin. 36, 22, 47, § 164. —Subst.: , , , a Naxian whetstone, Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54; 37, 8, 32, § 109.
* An ancient city of Sicily, destroyed by Dionysius. On or near its site Tauromenium was built, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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