I.a mountain near Athens, famed for its honey and its marble, Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24; Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Hor. C. 2, 6, 14; Ov. M. 7, 702; Mart. 7, 88; Val. Fl. 1, 396 et saep.— In fem.: “Attica (perh. of the region about Hymettus),” App. M. 1 init.—
II. Deriv.: Hymettĭus , a, um, adj., of or from Hymettus, Hymettian: mel, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 240, 33; Hor. S. 2, 2, 15: “cera,” Ov. M. 10, 284: “columnae,” Plin. 36, 3, 3, § 7: “trabes,” Hor. C. 2, 18, 3.

