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Aetōlĭa , ae, f., = Αἰτωλία,
I.a province in Middle Greece, between Locri and Acarnania, south of Thessaly, Cic. Pis. 37.—Hence,
1. Aetōlĭcus , a, um, adj., Ætolian: “aper,the Calydonian boar, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 3 (cf. Ov. M. 8, 270 sqq.): “bellum,Liv. 37, 6.—*
2. Aetōlis , ĭdis, f., = Αἰτωλίς, an Ætolian woman: “pulsā Aetolide Dejanirā,Ov. H. 9, 131.—*
3. Aetōlĭus , a, um, adj., poet. for Ætolicus: heros, i. e. Diomedes, who first reigned in Ætolia, Ov. M. 14, 461.—
4. Ae-tōlus , a, um, adj., = Αἰτωλός, Ætolian: arma, i. e. of Diomedes, who first reigned in Ætolia, Ov. M. 14, 528; so id. R. Am. 159; Sil. 7, 484: urbs, i. e. Arpi in Apulia, built by Diomedes, Verg. A. 11, 239; hence: Arpi Aetoli. id. ib. 10, 28: plagae, hunting-nets, with reference to Meleager and the Calydonian chase, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 46 Schmid.— Hence, Aetōli , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ætolia, Paul. Capt. prol. 24 Fleck.; Liv. 37, 6; Verg. A. 11, 308.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 37
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.461
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.270
    • Plautus, Persa, 1.1
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.308
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.239
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.528
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 6
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