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Stymphālus , i, m., or Stymphā-lum , i, n., = Στύμφαλος,
I.a district in Arcadia, with a town, mountain, and lake of the same name, celebrated in fable as the haunt of a species of odious birds of prey, very vexatious to the inhabitants, but which were finally destroyed by Hercules, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20; Suet. Vit. Ter. 5; Stat. S. 4, 6, 100; id. Th. 4, 298; Claud. Idyll. 2, 1.— Plur.: “Stymphala,Lucr. 5, 30.—Hence,
A. Stymphālĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Stymphalus, Stymphalian: “aves,Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 4.—
B. Stym-phālĭus , a, um, adj., Stymphalian: “monstra,Cat. 68, 113.—
C. Stymphālis (scanned Stymphălis, Aus. Idyll. 19, 5), ĭdis, adj. f., of Stymphalus, Stymphalian: “undae,Ov. M. 9, 187; id. F. 2, 273; cf. Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227: “silva,Ov. M. 5, 585: “aves,Hyg. Fab. 20; 30; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 300. —Called, absol.: “Stymphalides,Mart. 9, 102, 7; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, prooem. 37.—Sing., Sen. Phoen. 422; id. Agam. 849 al.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.585
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.187
    • Plautus, Persa, 1.1
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.30
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.20
    • Seneca, Agamemnon, 849
    • Seneca, Phoenissae, 422
    • Statius, Thebias, 4
    • Statius, Silvae, 4.6
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
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