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Trōs , Trōis, m., = Τρώς,
I.a king of Phrygia, after whom Troy was named; he was the son of Erichthonius and grandson of Dardanus, Verg. G. 3, 36; Ov. F. 4, 33; Sil. 11, 297; Aus. Idyll. 12, 19.—Hence,
A. Trōja or Trōia , ae, f., Troy, a city of Phrygia, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Liv. 1, 1; Verg. A. 1, 1; 3, 3; Ov. M. 11, 199 sq.; 13, 404 sq.—
2. Transf.
a. A place founded by Æneas in the Laurentine territory in Italy, Liv. 1, 1, 3.—
b. A place settled by Helenus in Epirus, Ov. M. 13, 721; Verg. A. 3, 349.—
c. A Roman game played on horseback, a sort of sham-fight, Verg. A. 5, 596 sq.; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; id. Calig. 18 fin.; id. Claud. 21; cf. Fest. p. 367.—Hence,
B. Trōĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan: “Aeneas,” Verg. A. 1, 596; Ov. M. 14, 156: “heros,” i. e. Æsacus, id. ib. 11, 773: “sacra,” Tib. 2, 5, 40 (Troica, Müll.): “arma,” Verg. A. 1, 249; 3, 306: “gaza,” id. ib. 1, 119.—
2. Trōjānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan: “urbs,” i. e. Troy, Verg. A. 1, 624: “moenia,” Ov. M. 13, 23: “regna,” id. ib. 9, 232: “opes,” Verg. A. 2, 4: “bellum,” Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 1; Ov. M. 15, 160: “tempora,” Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 365; Sen. Cons. Helv. 8, 6; id. Ep. 88, 40: “judex,” i. e. Paris, Ov. F. 4, 121: ludi, i. e. the game of Troy (v. 2. c. supra), Suet. Tib. 6.— Prov.: equus Trojanus, for a concealed danger, a secret artifice: “intus, intus inquam est equus Trojanus,” Cic. Mur. 37, 78. —Equus Trojanus is also the title of a tragedy of Nœvius, Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; 7, 1, 2.— Subst.
(α). Trōjāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Troy, the Trojans, Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; id. Inv. 1, 22, 32; id. Phil. 2, 22, 59; Lucr. 1, 476; Verg. A. 11, 421; Ov. M. 13, 702; Liv. 1, 1, 2; Sen. Ep. 27, 5.—
(β). Trō-jānum , i, n., a country-place in Latium, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6.—
3. Trōĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan: “tempora,” Cic. Brut. 10, 40: “bellum,” Vell. 1, 5, 3; Ov. P. 2, 10, 14: “Vesta,” id. M. 15, 730; cf. “ignis,” the perpetual fire which was kept in the temple of Vesta at Rome, Stat. S. 1, 1, 35: “fata,” Ov. H. 1, 28.—
4. Trōs , ōis, m., a Trojan. Verg. A. 1, 574; 10, 108; 6, 52.— Plur., Verg. A. 1, 172; 2, 325; 5, 265; 12, 137; Ov H. 1, 13; id. M. 12, 67; 13, 91; 13, 269.—
5. Trōăs , ădis or ădŏs, adj. f., Trojan: “in agro Troade,” Nep. Paus. 3, 3: “humus,” Ov. H. 13, 94: “matres,” ib. ib. 16, 183: “turba,” Sen. Troad. 84.—More freq.,
b. Subst.
(α). A Trojan woman, Ov. M. 13, 566; 13, 421; 13, 481; id. H. 13, 137; Verg. A. 5, 613. —
(β). Troas, the title of a tragedy by Q. Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 6, 7: Troades, the title of a tragedy by Seneca.—
(γ). The region about Troy, the Troad, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 121; Nep. Paus. 3, 3; Mel. 1, 2; 1, 18; 2, 7. —
6. Trōĭădes , um, f., Trojan women, Pers. 1, 4.
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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