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Nessus | Nessēus, a, um (noun M) : Νέσσος.
* A river in Thrace, now the Mesto or (Turkish) Karasu, Liv. 45, 29, 6; also called Nestos ( = Νέστος), Mel. 2, 2.
* A Centaur, who, on offering violence to Dejanira, was slain by Hercules with a poisoned arrow, Ov. M. 9, 101 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 34.—Hence
* Adj., of Nessus: venenum,with the blood of Nessus, poisoned by the arrow of Hercules,Ov. H. 9, 163: palla tabe Nesseā illita,Sen. Herc. Oet. 716.
* A river in Thrace, now the Mesto or (Turkish) Karasu, Liv. 45, 29, 6; also called Nestos ( = Νέστος), Mel. 2, 2.
* A Centaur, who, on offering violence to Dejanira, was slain by Hercules with a poisoned arrow, Ov. M. 9, 101 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 34.—Hence
* Adj., of Nessus: venenum,with the blood of Nessus, poisoned by the arrow of Hercules,Ov. H. 9, 163: palla tabe Nesseā illita,Sen. Herc. Oet. 716.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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