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Daulis , ĭdis, f., Δαυλίς,
I.a city of Phocis, situated on an eminence, and celebrated as the scene of the fable of Tereus, Progne, and Philomela, Liv. 32, 18; Stat. Theb. 7, 344.—
II. A district in Phocis, on the frontier of Doris, = Drymaea, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8.—Hence,
A. Daulĭas , ădis, f., adj., Daulian: “ales,” i. e. Progne, Ov. H. 15, 154; and absol., Daulias, Catull. 65, 14: “Dauliades puellae,” i. e. Progne and Philomela, Verg. Cir. 199.—
B. Daulis , ĭdis, adj., Daulian: “parens sororque,” Sen. Thyest. 275: “Daulida rura,” Ov. M. 5, 276 (where Daulia is a false reading).
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 (4):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.276
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 32, 18
    • Seneca, Thyestes, 275
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