I.an important and very ancient city of Crete, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59; 12, 1, 5, § 11; Luc. 3, 186; Sen. Troad. 821.—
II. Derivv.
A. Gortȳnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Gortyna, Gortynian; and poet., in gen., for Cretan (cf. Gnosius, under Gnosus, II. A.): “judex,” of Gortyna, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13: canis, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2: “stabula,” Verg. E. 6, 60: “spicula,” id. A. 11, 773: “arbiter,” i. e. Minos, Stat. Th. 4, 530: “aliger,” i. e. Dœdalus, Aus. Idyll. 10, 300.—In Plur.: Gortȳnii , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gortyna, Gortynians, Liv. 33, 3; 37, 60.—