(adjective) : Oeta, ae, or Oetē, ēs, f., = Οἴτη
* The mountain range between Thessaly and Aetolia, where Hercules ascended the funeral pile, now Katavothron, Plin. 4, 7, 13, § 28; Liv. 36, 15; Luc. 8, 800; Sen. Herc. Oet. 862; Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19; Ov. M. 9, 165; 204; 230; id. H. 9, 147; Verg. Cul. 201.—Prov.: tibi deserit Hesperus Oeten,your wish is gratified,Verg. E. 8, 30.—Hence
* Oe-taeus, a, um, , of or belonging to Oeta: in monte Oetaeo, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 41: juga,Prop. 1, 13, 24: deus,i. e. Hercules,id. 4, 1, 32: robur,Luc. 7, 807; also absol. Oetaeus, Ov. Ib. 349.