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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1015.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1015.jpg}}]][[Λήδα]], -ας, ἡ, or use Θεστιάς, -άδος, ἡ, or say, <b class="b2">daughter of Thestius.</b>
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Lēda</b>: ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = [[Λήδα]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[daughter]] of [[Thestius]], and [[wife]] of Tyndarus; she [[bore]] by Jupiter, [[who]] visited her in the form of a [[swan]], [[two]] eggs, from one of [[which]] came [[Pollux]] and Helen, and from the [[other]] [[Castor]] and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77: pueri Ledae, i. e. [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]], Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She [[was]] deified [[after]] her [[death]], under the [[name]] of [[Nemesis]], Lact. 1, 21: Lede, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the [[part]] of [[Leda]] in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Leda]], Ledæan.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: Ledaei dei, i. e. [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]], Ov. F. 1, 706; also, Lacones, Mart. 1, 37, 2: [[Helena]], Verg. A. 7, 364: [[Hermione]] (as granddaughter of [[Leda]]), id. ib. 3, 328: [[ovum]], a [[swan]]'s [[egg]], Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf. olores, id. 1, 54, 8: [[Timavus]], [[because]] [[Castor]], on the [[return]] of the Argonauts, [[let]] his [[horse]] Cyllarus [[drink]] of it, id. 4, 25, 5; cf. Cyllarus, Stat. S. 1, 1, 54: [[astrum]], i. e. [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]], Mart. 8, 21, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Poet., transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Spartan: Phalantum, [[Tarentum]], founded by the Spartan [[Phalantus]], Mart. 8, 28, 3: [[gurges]], i. e. of the [[Eurotas]], Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amyclæan ([[because]] [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]] were [[born]] at Amyclæ): [[Xanthippus]], Sil. 4, 358.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>Lēda</b>,¹² æ, f., Hor. O. 1, 12, 25 et <b>Lēdē</b>, ēs, f., Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3 ([[Λήδα]]), femme de Tyndare, mère de [[Pollux]], Hélène, [[Castor]] et Clytemnestre &#124;&#124; <b>Lēdæus</b>, a, um, de Léda : Virg. En. 3, 328 ; 7, 364 &#124;&#124; de [[Castor]] et [[Pollux]] : Mart. 8, 21, 5 &#124;&#124; de Sparte : Stat. S. 2, 6, 45.||<b>Lēdæus</b>, a, um, de Léda : Virg. En. 3, 328 ; 7, 364||de [[Castor]] et [[Pollux]] : Mart. 8, 21, 5||de Sparte : Stat. S. 2, 6, 45.
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{{Georges
|georg=(2) Lēda<sup>2</sup>, ae, f. u. Lēdē, ēs, f. ([[Λήδα]]), [[Tochter]] [[des]] [[Thestius]], Gemahlin [[des]] spartanischen Königs [[Tyndareus]], die [[von]] Zeus ([[Jupiter]]), der [[sich]] [[ihr]] in der [[Gestalt]] eines Schwanes nahte, [[zwei]] Eier gebar, aus denen Kastor u. [[Pollux]] (die Dioskuren), [[Helena]] u. Klytämnestra hervorgingen, Ov. her. 17, 55; am. 1, 10, 3 u.a.: [[nach]] [[einigen]] [[nach]] ihrem Tode [[als]] [[Nemesis]] vergöttert, Lact. 1, 21, 23. – Dav. Lēdaeus, a, um, ledäisch, [[auch]] poet. [[für]] spartanisch, [[Helena]], Verg.: [[Hermione]], [[Enkelin]] der [[Leda]], Verg.: di, Kastor u. [[Pollux]], Ov.: sidera, Lucan., od. [[astrum]], Mart., Kastor u. [[Pollux]], die Zwillinge, [[ein]] [[Gestirn]]: olores, Schwäne, [[mit]] [[Beziehung]] [[auf]] [[Leda]], Mart.: [[ovum]], Ei eines Schwanes, Mart.: [[Amyclae]], [[durch]] [[Leda]] [[berühmt]], Sil.: Phalantum (i.e. [[Tarentum]]), vom Spartaner [[Phalanthus]] erbaut, Stat.
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