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Oeta , ae, or Oetē , ēs, f., = Οἴτη,
I.the mountain range between Thessaly and Ætolia, where Hercules ascended the funeral pile, now Katavothron, Plin. 4, 7, 13, § 28; Liv. 36, 15; Luc. 8, 800; Sen. Herc. Oet. 862; Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19; Ov. M. 9, 165; 204; 230; id. H. 9, 147; Verg. Cul. 201.—Prov.: “tibi deserit Hesperus Oeten,” your wish is gratified, Verg. E. 8, 30.—Hence,
II. Oe-taeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Œta: in monte Oetaeo, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 41: “juga,” Prop. 1, 13, 24: “deus,” i. e. Hercules, id. 4, 1, 32: “robur,” Luc. 7, 807; also absol. Oetaeus, Ov. Ib. 349.
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, 9.165
    • Lucan, Civil War, 7.807
    • Lucan, Civil War, 8.800
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.28
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 36, 15
    • Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus, 862
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.16
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.7
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