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Īsis , is, and ĭdis. f., = Ἶσις,
I.the Egyptian goddess Isis, Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 47; Ov. M. 9, 772; Tac. G. 9; Luc. 9, 158.—
B. Hence,
1. Isidis crinis, an unknown plant, Juba ap. Plin. 13, 25, 52, § 142.—
2. Isidis sidus, the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37.—
II. Deriv. Īsĭăcus , a, um, adj., = Ἰσιακός, of or belonging to Isis: conjectores, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132: “focus,” Ov. P. 1, 1, 52: “Isiacae sacraria lenae,” Juv. 6, 488.—Subst.: Īsĭă-cus , i, m., a priest of Isis, Suet. Dom. 1; Val. Max. 7, 3, 8; Plin. 27, 7, 29, § 53 al.
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, 9.772
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 1
    • Tacitus, Germania, 9
    • Lucan, Civil War, 9.158
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 27.53
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    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.19
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.58
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 1.1
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 7.3.8
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