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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Arcăs</b>: ădis, m., = [[Ἀρκάς]].<br /><b>I</b> Son of Jupiter and [[Callisto]], the [[progenitor]] of the Arcadians, [[after]] his [[death]] placed as a [[constellation]] ([[Arctophylax]]) in [[heaven]], Ov. F. 1, 470; 2, 190; id. M. 2, 468; 2, 497; Hyg. Fab. 176, and Astr. 2, 4 (cf. Apollod. 3, 8, 2).—<br /><b>II</b> An Arcadian; plur. Arcădĕs, um, m. (acc. Gr. Arcadăs, Verg. A. 10, 397), = Ἀρκάδες, the Arcadians.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> As the [[most]] [[ancient]] men, Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154; Ov. F. 2, 289 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> As [[skilled]] in [[pastoral]] [[music]]: Tamen cantabitis, [[Arcades]], inquit, Montibus haec vestris; soli cantare periti, [[Arcades]], Verg. E. 10, 31: [[Arcades]] [[ambo]], Et cantare pares et respondere parati, id. ib. 7, 4 (cf. id. ib. 4, 58 sq.; Theocr. 22, 157; Polyb. 4, 20).—Hence, [[Arcas]],<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Κατ ἐξοχήν.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Mercury]], [[who]] [[was]] said to [[have]] been [[born]] on the Arcadian [[mountain]] [[Cyllene]] (cf. 1. [[Arcadia]], B.), Mart. 9, 35, 6; Luc. 9, 661; Stat. S. 5, 1, 107.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Parthenopœus, the [[son]] of [[Atalanta]] from [[Arcadia]], Stat. Th. 8, 745; 12, 805.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tyrannus, i. e. [[Lycaon]], [[grandfather]] of [[Arcas]] (a [[poet]]. [[prolepsis]]), Ov. M. 1, 218.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bipennifer, i. e. Ancœus, Ov. M. 8, 391.—<br /><b>III</b> Adj., = Arcadius, Arcadian, Verg. A. 12, 518; Mart. 5, 65, 2; Stat. S. 5, 2, 123; id. Th. 7, 94; Sil. 6, 636.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>Arcăs</b>,¹² ădis, m., fils de Jupiter et de [[Callisto]] : Ov. F. 1, 470.<br />(2) <b>Arcăs</b>, ădis ou ădos, m., Arcadien ; [en part.] Mercure : Mart. 9, 35, 6.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) [[Arcas]]<sup>1</sup>, cadis, m. ([[Ἀρκάς]]), [[Sohn]] Jupiters u. der Kallisto, [[Stammvater]] der Arkadier, [[nach]] dem Tode [[als]] [[Gestirn]] ( [[Arctophylax]]) an den [[Himmel]] versetzt, Ov. [[met]]. 2, 410–530. Hyg. fab. 176 u. astr. 2, 4.<br />'''(2)''' [[Arcas]]<sup>2</sup>, cadis, m., s. [[Arcades]].
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