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Pentheus , ĕi and ĕos, m., = Πενθεύς,
I.son of Echion and Agave, grandson of Cadmus, and king of Thebes; having treated with contempt the rites of Bacchus, he was torn in pieces by his mother and her sisters when under the influence of the god, Ov. M. 3, 514; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 24; 3 (4), 22, 33; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 40; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 73; id. C. 2, 19, 14.—Hence,
A. Penthēĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pentheus, Penthean: “mater,” Sid. Carm. 22, 94.—
B. Penthēus , a, um, adj., = Πενθεῖος, of or belonging to Pentheus, Penthean, Stat. Th. 2, 575.—
C. Penthīdes , ae, m., = Πενθείδης, a male descendant of Pentheus, Ov. Ib. 449 and 609.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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