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Īlĭa , ae, f.,
I.a poetical name of Rhea Silvia, daughter of Numitor and mother of Romulus and Remus, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 70 P. (Ann. v. 56 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 274; Ov. F. 2, 383; 598; Hor. C. 1, 2, 17; 3, 9, 8; 4, 8, 22.—
II. Deriv.: Īlĭădes , ae, m., son of Ilia.
A. Adj.: “Romulus Iliades Iliadesque Remus,” Ov. Am. 3, 4, 40: “pater,” i. e. Romulus, id. F. 4, 23: “fratres,” i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. ib. 3, 62.—
B. Subst., i. e. Romulus, Ov. M. 14, 781 and 824.
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, 14.781
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.274
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