I.the first king of Argos, father of Io and Phoroneus, Hor. C. 2, 3, 21; 3, 19, 1; Verg. A. 7, 372; Lact. 1, 11, 20. Also, a river in Argolis named for king Inachus, now Banitza, Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 17; Ov. M. 1, 583; 642 sq.; Verg. A. 7, 792; Stat. Th. 4, 119.—
II. Derivv.
A. Īnăchĭus , a, um, adj., Inachian; poet. also, i. q. Argive or Grecian: “juvenca,” i. e. Io. Verg. G. 3, 153; “hence also: bos,” i. e. Isis, identified with Io, Ov. F. 3, 658: “ira,” i. e. of Juno against Io, Petr. 139: Argi (governed by Inachus, or on the river Inachus), Verg. A. 7, 286: “undae,” i. e. of the river Inachus, Val. Fl. 4, 397; but also of the Lernean Sea (of Lerna, near Argos), Luc. 4, 634: “rex,” i. e. Adrastus, king of Argos, Stat. Th. 2, 145: litus, i. e. Argolic or Grecian, Ov. F. 5, 656: “urbes,” Verg. A. 11, 286: “natae,” Val. Fl. 8, 148: “Linus (as the son of the Argive Psamathe),” Prop. 2, 13 (3, 4), 8: “Perseus (as the son of the Argive Danaë),” Claud. in Ruf. 1, 278. —
C. Īnăchĭ-des , ae, m., a male descendant of Inachus; so Perseus (cf. in the preced.), Ov. M. 4, 720; Epaphus (as the son of Io), id. ib. 1, 753; in plur., the Argives, Stat. Th. 3, 365. — Īnăchis , ĭdis, f., Inachian; or subst., a female descendant of Inachus: “ripae,” i. e. of the river Inachus, Ov. M. 1, 640: “Acrisione (as the daughter of the Argive Danaë),” Verg. Cat. 11, 33.— Subst., of lo, Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 4; Ov. F. 1, 454; id. M. 1, 611; “identified with Isis (v. above, under Inachius),” id. ib. 9, 687.—In plur.: Īnăchĭdes , um, female Argives, Claud. B. G. 407.
