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Prĭămus , i, m., = Πρίαμος.
I. A son of Laomedon, king of Troy, husband of Hecuba, and father of Hector, Helenus, Paris, Deiphobus, Polyxena, Cassandra, etc.; he was slain by Neoptolemus or Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.): o pater, o patria, o Pria. mi domus! id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag v. 118 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 458; 3, 50 al.; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85; Ov. M. 13, 404 sq.; Juv. 10, 258; Hyg. Fab. 89 and 90.—
II. His grandson, named after him, the son of Polites, Verg. A. 5, 564.—Hence,
A. Prĭă-mēis , ĭdis, f., = Πριαμηΐς, Priam's daughter: “Atrides visā Priameide,” i. e. Cassandra, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37: “Priameida viderat ipsam,id. A. A. 2, 405.—
B. Prĭămēĭus , a, um, adj., = Πριαμήϊος, of or belonging to Priam: “sceptra,Verg. A. 7, 252: “virgo Cassandra,id. ib. 2, 403: “conjux,” i. e. Hecuba, Ov. M. 13, 404: “hospes,” i. e. Paris, id. A. A. 2, 5: heros, i. e. Hector, Auct. Pan. ad Pison. 162.—
C. Prīămĭdes , ae, m., = Πριαμίδης, a son of Priam: “Priamiden Helenum regnare,Verg. A. 3, 295: “Priamides Deiphobus,id. ib. 6, 494: “nec quas Priamides in aquosae vallibus Idae Contulit,” i. e. Paris, Ov. F. 6, 15: “deploratos Priamidas,Priam's sons, id. M. 13, 482.
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.404
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.482
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.458
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.295
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.564
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.252
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.35
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.19
    • Ovid, Fasti, 6
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