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Stymphalus

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(adj.adj.) : Stymphālus, i, m., or Stymphā-lum, i, n., = Στύμφαλος
* A district in Arcadia, with a town, mountain, and lake of the same name, celebrated in fable as the haunt of a species of odious birds of prey, very vexatious to the inhabitants, but which were finally destroyed by Hercules, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20; Suet. Vit. Ter. 5; Stat. S. 4, 6, 100; id. Th. 4, 298; Claud. Idyll. 2, 1.— Plur.: Stymphala,Lucr. 5, 30.—Hence
* Stymphālĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Stymphalus, Stymphalian: aves,Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 4.
* Stym-phālĭus, a, um, adj., Stymphalian: monstra,Cat. 68, 113.
* Stymphālis (scanned Stymphălis, Aus. Idyll. 19, 5), ĭdis, adj. f., of Stymphalus, Stymphalian: undae,Ov. M. 9, 187; id. F. 2, 273; cf. Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227: silva,Ov. M. 5, 585: aves,Hyg. Fab. 20; 30; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 300. —Called, absol.: Stymphalides,Mart. 9, 102, 7; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, prooem. 37.—Sing., Sen. Phoen. 422; id. Agam. 849 al.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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