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Euander (Gr. nom. -drus , Verg. A. 8, 100, 185 al.; voc. -dre, id. ib. 11, 55. Less correctly, Evander ), dri, m., = Εὔανδρος.
I. Son of Carmenta (v. Carmentis), born at Pallantium, in Arcadia; he emigrated to Italy sixty years before the Trojan war, and there founded the city Pallanteum, Liv. 1, 5; Ov. F. 1, 471; 497, 583; 2, 279; 4, 65; 5, 91; Verg. A. 8, 52; 119; 9, 9; 10, 515; Hor. S. 1, 3, 91.—Hence, Euandrĭ-us , a, um, adj., Evandrian: “ensis,” i. e. of Pallas, the son of Evander, Verg. A. 10, 394: “regna,” i. e. Roman, Sil. 7, 18: “collis,” i. e. the Palatine, Stat. S. 4, 1, 7; also, “mons,Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 11.—
II. A Greek artist in metals, brought from Alexandria to Rome by M. Antony, Hor. S. 1, 3, 91 Schol.; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 32.—
III. An Academic philosopher, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 16.
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