I.of or belonging to Minos, Minoan; poet. also for Cretan: “Minoia regna,” Verg. A. 6, 14: virgo, i. e. Ariadne, daughter of Minos, Val. Fl. 7, 279: “sella,” the tribunal of Minos in the infernal regions, Prop. 5, 11, 21: “tela,” i. e. Cretan arrows, Sil. 2, 107: “turba,” Cretan army, id. 14, 43: “tecta Brundisii,” founded by Cretans, Luc. 5, 406.
Mīnōĭus , a, um, adj., = Μινώϊος,
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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