I.an epithet of Apollo (from the Cretan σμίνθος, mouse, i. e. the mousekiller; or, as Aristarchus asserts, from Smintha (Σμίνθη), a town in the Troad, the Sminthean, Lact. 1, 7, 9; Ov. F. 6, 425; acc. Sminthea, id. M. 12, 585.—Hence,
1. Sminthēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Smintheus: “spolia,” i. e. Astynome, daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo, Sen. Agam. 176.—