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Dīa , ae, f., Δῖα.
I. The old name of the island of Naxos, Ov. M. 3, 690; 8, 174. —
II. A city in the Chersonesus Taurica, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 86.—
III. An island near Crete, now Standia, id. 4, 12, 20, § 61.—
B. A woman's name.
I. The mother of Mercury, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56.—
II. The wife of Ixion, and mother of Pirithous, Hyg. F. 155.
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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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.690
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