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Haemŏnĭa (Aemŏnia ), ae, f.,
I.a poetical name of Thessaly, Ov. M. 1, 568; 2, 543; 8, 815; id. R. Am. 249; id. F. 5, 381: “nivalis,” Hor. C. 1, 37, 20.—
II. Derivv.
A. Haemŏnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hœmonia (Thessaly), Hœmonian (Thessalian): “gens,” Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 30: “urbs,” i. e. Trachin, id. M. 11, 652: “Acastus,” id. ib. 11, 410: “juvenis,” i. e. Jason, id. ib. 7, 132: “puer,” i. e. Achilles, id. F. 5, 400: “equi,” i. e. of Achilles, id. Tr. 3, 11, 28: “lyra, the same,” id. ib. 4, 1, 16: arcus, i. e. the constellation Sagittarius (because orig. the Thessalian centaur Chiron), id. M. 2, 81.—
B. Haemŏ-nĭdes , ae, m., = Αἱμονίδης, a Hœmonian or Thessalian; in plur., i. q. Argonautae, the Argonauts, Val. Fl. 4, 506.—
C. Hae-mŏnis (Aem- ), ĭdis, f., a Thessalian woman, Ov. H. 13, 2; Luc. 6, 436; 590.
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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