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Mygdŏnes , um, m., = Μυγδόνες,
I.a people of Thrace, who afterwards took possession of a part of Phrygia, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 35; 5, 30, 33, § 126.—
II. Derivv.
A. Mygdŏnĭa , ae, f., = Μυγδονία.
1. A district in Macedonia, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 38.—
2. A district in Phrygia, Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145; Sol. 40, 9.—
3. A district in Mesopotamia, Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 42.—
4. A district in Bithynia, Sol. 42, 1; Amm. 22, 8, 14.—
B. Mygdŏnĭdes , ae, m., the son of Mygdon, Verg. A. 2, 342.—
C. Mygdŏnis , ĭdis, f., a Mygdonian, Phrygian, Lydian: “Mygdonidesque nurus, i. e. Lydiae,” Ov. M. 6, 45.—
D. Mygdŏnĭus , a, um, adj.
1. Mygdonian, Phrygian: “campi,” Hor. C. 3, 16, 41: “opes,” id. ib. 2, 12, 22: “marmor, i. e. Phrygium,” Ov. H. 15, 142: “mater,” the mother of the gods, Cybele, Val. Fl. 3, 47: “senex,” Tithonus, the husband of Aurora, and son of the Phrygian king Laomedon, Stat. S. 2, 2, 108. —
2. Thracian: “Melas,” Ov. M. 2, 247.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.247
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.45
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.342
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.35
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.38
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 6.42
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 3.47
    • Statius, Silvae, 2.2
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