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Phoenix , īcis, m., = Φοῖνιξ.
a. The son of Amyntor, who was given by Peleus to Achilles as a companion in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 8, 307; id. A. A. 1, 337; Cic. de Or. 3, 15; Prop. 2, 1, 60. He brought to Peleus the news of the death of Achilles, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 49.—
b. A son of Agenor, brother of Cadmus and Europa, Hyg. Fab. 178.
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, 8.307
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 1.2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.15
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