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[[Feast of a Adonis]]: [[Ἀδώνια]], τά.
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<b class="b2">Feast of a Adonis</b>: Ἀδώνια, τά.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Ădōnis</b>: nis or nĭdis, m., = [[Ἄδωνις]] and [[Ἄδων]] (nom. Adon, Venant. Carm. 7, 12 and 18;<br /><b>I</b> gen. [[Adonis]], Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 49; dat. Adonidi, Cic. N. D. 3, 23; acc. Adonidem, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 16: Adonim, Prop. 3, 5, 37, acc. to Müller, Adonem: Adonem, Serv. ad Verg. E. 10, 18; Arnob. 4, p. 184; voc. Adoni, Ov. Met. 10, 542; abl. Adone, App. M. 8, p. 213).<br /><b>I</b> A [[son]] of [[Cinyras]], [[king]] of [[Cyprus]], [[beloved]] by [[Venus]] on [[account]] of his [[extraordinary]] [[beauty]]; he [[was]] [[torn]] in pieces in the [[chase]] by a [[wild]] [[boar]], [[which]] [[Mars]] (acc. to [[some]], [[Diana]]) sent [[against]] him [[out]] of [[jealousy]], [[but]] [[was]] changed by [[Venus]] to a [[flower]], [[which]] [[bore]] the [[name]] Adonium, and [[was]] [[yearly]] bewailed by her on the [[anniversary]] of his [[death]], Ov. M. 10, 503 sq.; Macr. S. 1, 21; Serv. ad Verg. E. 8, 37; cf. [[with]] 10, 18, and [[Adonia]]: [[Adonis]] horti, Gr. κῆποι Ἀδώνιδος, pots of [[lettuce]] and [[other]] plants, [[which]] [[blossom]] [[quick]], [[but]] [[wither]] as [[soon]], Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 49; cf. Böttig. Sab. 1, 264.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[name]] of the [[Sun]]-[[god]] [[among]] the Assyrians and Phœnicians, Macr. S. 1, 21.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[name]] of a [[fish]], i. q. [[exocoetus]], Plin. 9, 19, 34, § 70.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>Ădōnis</b>,¹⁴ ĭdis, m.,<br /><b>1</b> [[Adonis]] [célèbre par sa beauté] : Virg. B. 10, 18 ; Ov. M. 10, 532 ; Cic. Nat. 3, 59<br /><b>2</b> fleuve de Phénicie : Plin. 5, 78.
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{{Georges
|georg=(2) Adōnis, Verg. ecl. 10, 18. Ov. [[met]]. 10, 532. Hygin. fab. 58. Myth. Lat. 2, 128: Genet. Adonidis, Prisc. 6, 67: Dat. Adonidi, Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 59: Akk. Adonidem, Claud. nupt. Hon. et. Mar. fesc. 1, 16. Vulg. Ezech. 8, 14: Akk. Adonin, [[Auson]]. edyll. 6, 58. Macr. [[sat]]. 1, 21, 1 sqq. Grat. cyn. 66: Vok. Adoni, Ov. [[met]]. 10, 543 u.a.: Nom. Adōn, Varr. [[sat]]. Men. 540. Mythogr. Lat. 1, 200 u.a.: Genet. [[Adonis]], Plin. 19, 49. Macr. [[sat]]. 1, 21, 1. Apul. [[met]]. 2, 26. Arnob. 7, 33: Dat. Adoni, Serv. Verg. ecl. 8, 37: Akk. Adonem, Prop. 2, 13, 53. Arnob. 4, 27. Mythogr. Lat. 1, 200. Anthol. Lat. 220, 6 (706, 6): Abl. Adone, Lact. 1, 17, 9. Apul. [[met]]. 8, 25. Mythogr. Lat. 3, 11, 17. Vgl. [[Neue]]-Wagener Formenl.<sup>3</sup> Bd. 1. S. 856 f.<br />Adōnis, nidis, Dat. nidi, Akk. nidem u. nin, Vok. Adoni, m. ([[Ἄδωνις]]) u. Adōn, ōnis, m. ([[Ἄδων]]), I) [[Sohn]] [[des]] [[Cinyras]], Königs [[von]] Cypern, und der Metharme, [[wegen]] seiner außerordentlichen [[Schönheit]] [[von]] [[Venus]] geliebt, wurde [[von]] einem wilden [[Eber]], den [[Mars]] ([[nach]] andern [[Diana]]) aus [[Eifersucht]] [[gegen]] ihn schickte, [[auf]] der [[Jagd]] [[zerrissen]], [[aber]] [[von]] [[Venus]] in eine [[Blume]] verwandelt, die den Namen Adonium führte, und [[jährlich]] an seinem Sterbetage [[von]] [[ihr]] beklagt; [[Sinnbild]] der sterbenden u. wiederauflebenden [[Natur]], Ov. [[met]]. 10, 503 sqq. Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 59. Amm. 22, 9, 15, [[bes]]. Macr. [[sat]]. 1, 21 ([[nach]] dem [[Adon]] [[bei]] den Phöniziern u. Assyriern [[Sonnengott]] war). – [[Adonis]] horti, κηποι Ἀδώνιδος, eine [[Anlage]] [[von]] Pflanzungen, die [[schnell]] [[aufblühen]], [[aber]] ebensoschnell [[auch]] [[wieder]] [[eingehen]], Plin. 19, 49. – II) [[ein]] [[Fisch]] = [[exocoetus]], Plin. 9, 70. – / Nom.
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|sltx=[[Ἄδων]], [[Ἀδώνιος]], [[Ἄδωνις]]
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