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|Text=[[Ἰξίων]], -ονος, or say, [[son]] of [[Phlegyas]].
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Ixīon</b>: ŏnis, m., = [[Ἰξίων]],><br /><b>I</b> the [[son]] of [[Phlegyas]] (acc. to others, of Antion or of Jupiter), [[king]] of the Lapithæ in [[Thessaly]], and [[father]] of Pirithoüs. He murdered his [[father]]-in-[[law]], to [[avoid]] paying the [[nuptial]] presents; and as no one would [[absolve]] him [[after]] [[such]] a [[deed]], Jupiter took him [[into]] [[heaven]] and [[there]] purified him. When, [[notwithstanding]] this, he made an [[attempt]] on the [[chastity]] of [[Juno]], Jupiter substituted for her an [[image]] of [[cloud]], [[with]] [[which]] he begat the Centaurs; [[but]] having boasted of his [[imaginary]] [[criminal]] [[success]] [[with]] [[Juno]], Jupiter hurled him [[into]] [[Tartarus]], [[where]] he [[was]] [[bound]] [[fast]] to an [[ever]]-revolving [[wheel]], Ov. M. 4, 465; 10, 42; Verg. A. 6, 601: Ixione [[natus]], i. e. Pirithoüs, Ov. M. 12, 210: Ixione nati, the Centaurs. id. ib. 12, 504.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Ixīŏnĭus (-onĕus), a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Ixion]]: Ixionei [[rota]] [[orbis]], Verg. G. 4, 484: Ixionii amici, Lampr. Heliog. 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Ixīŏnĭdes, ae, m., [[son]] of [[Ixion]], i. e. Pirithoüs, Prop. 2, 1, 38.—In plur.: Ixīŏnĭdae, ārum, the Centaurs, Luc. 6, 386; Ov. M. 8, 566.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Ixīōn</b>,¹³ ŏnis, m. ([[Ἰξίων]]), roi des Lapithes, condamné par Jupiter à être attaché à une roue tournant sans fin : Virg. En. 6, 601 ; Ov. M. 4, 465 &#124;&#124; <b>-ŏnĭdēs</b>, æ, m., Prop. 2, 1, 38, fils d’[[Ixion]], Pirithoüs &#124;&#124; <b>-ŏnĭus</b>, a, um, d’[[Ixion]] : Virg. G. 4, 484.||<b>-ŏnĭdēs</b>, æ, m., Prop. 2, 1, 38, fils d’[[Ixion]], Pirithoüs||<b>-ŏnĭus</b>, a, um, d’[[Ixion]] : Virg. G. 4, 484.
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{{Georges
|georg=Ixīōn, onis, m. (Ιξίων), [[König]] der Lapithen in Thessalien, [[Vater]] [[des]] [[Pirithous]], zur [[Strafe]] [[für]] seinen unkeuschen [[Umgang]] [[mit]] der [[Juno]] (in dem er [[mit]] ihrer Wolkengestalt die Zentauren zeugte) in der [[Unterwelt]] an [[ein]] [[sich]] [[immer]] drehendes [[Rad]] gebunden, Ov. [[met]]. 4, 461. Verg. Aen. 6, 601 Schaper ([[von]] Ribbeck eingehakt). Hyg. fab. 62: Ixione [[natus]], [[Pirithous]], Ov. [[met]]. 12, 210: matre deā et Ixione nati, die Zentauren, Ov. [[met]]. 12, 504. – Dav.: A) Ixīonius, a, um ([[Ἰξιόνιος]]), ixionisch, [[orbis]], Verg.: scherzh., amici, an [[ein]] [[Rad]] gebundene, Lampr. – B) Ixīonidēs, ae, m. (Ἰξιονίδης), der Ixionide ([[Sohn]] Ixions), v. [[Pirithous]], Prop. u. Ov.: Plur. Ixionidae, v. den Zentauren, Lucan.
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