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Clĕōnae , ārum (Clĕōna , ae, Mel. 2, 2, 9), f., = Κλεωναί.
I. A small town in Argolis, near Nemea, where Hercules killed the lion, now Clenia, Liv. 33, 14, 11; Ov. M. 6, 417; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 12.—Hence,
B. Clĕōnaeus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cleonœ: “ager,” Liv. 33, 14, 7: “leo,” i. e. the Nemean lion, Luc. 4, 612; Sil. 3, 34: “sidus = leo,” Stat. S. 4, 28; Mart. 4, 60: “stirpis, i.e. Herculeae,” Stat. Th. 6, 837.—
II. A town in Macedonia, on Mount Athos, Mel. 2, 2, 9; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 37.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.417
    • Lucan, Civil War, 4.612
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.12
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.37
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 14.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 14.11
    • Statius, Thebias, 6
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 4.60
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