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Thoas
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(adjective) : Thŏas, antis, m., = Θόας.
* A king of the Chersonesus Taurica, under whom Iphigenia was priestess of the Tauric Diana; he was slain by Orestes, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59; id. Tr. 1, 9, 28; 4, 4, 66.—Hence, Thŏantēus, a, um, , of or belonging to Thoas; poet. for Tauric: Diana,Val. Fl. 8, 208; Sil. 14, 260; called also dea,Ov. Ib. 386.
* A king of Lemnos, father of Hypsipyle, by whom he was conveyed to Chios, when the women of Lemnos slew all the men there, Hyg. Fab. 15; Ov. H. 6, 135; id. M. 13, 399; Stat. Th. 5, 239 sq.—Hence
* Thŏantĭ-ăs, ădis, f., daughter of Thoas, i. e. Hypsipyle, Ov. H. 6, 163.
* An Aetolian, son of Andraemon, one of the Greeks who besieged Troy, Verg. A. 2, 262; Hyg. Fab. 81; 97; 114.
* A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 10, 415.
* A king of the Chersonesus Taurica, under whom Iphigenia was priestess of the Tauric Diana; he was slain by Orestes, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59; id. Tr. 1, 9, 28; 4, 4, 66.—Hence, Thŏantēus, a, um, , of or belonging to Thoas; poet. for Tauric: Diana,Val. Fl. 8, 208; Sil. 14, 260; called also dea,Ov. Ib. 386.
* A king of Lemnos, father of Hypsipyle, by whom he was conveyed to Chios, when the women of Lemnos slew all the men there, Hyg. Fab. 15; Ov. H. 6, 135; id. M. 13, 399; Stat. Th. 5, 239 sq.—Hence
* Thŏantĭ-ăs, ădis, f., daughter of Thoas, i. e. Hypsipyle, Ov. H. 6, 163.
* An Aetolian, son of Andraemon, one of the Greeks who besieged Troy, Verg. A. 2, 262; Hyg. Fab. 81; 97; 114.
* A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 10, 415.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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