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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1019.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1019.jpg}}]][[Ὀρφεύς]], -έως, ὁ.

<b class="b2">Of Orpheus</b>, adj.: Ὀρφικός (Hdt.), Ὄρφειος (Plat.).
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|lshtext=<b>Orpheus</b>: (dissyl.), i (Gr. dat. Orphei, Verg. E. 4, 57; Gr. acc. Orphĕă, Verg. E. 6, 30; Ov. P. 3, 3, 41:<br /><b>I</b> Orphēā, id. M. 10, 3; voc. Orpheu, Verg. G. 4, 494; Ov. M. 11, 44), m., = [[Ὀρφεύς]], the [[famous]] mythic [[singer]] of [[Thrace]], [[son]] of Œagrus and [[Calliope]], and [[husband]] of [[Eurydice]]; [[after]] her [[death]] he led her [[back]] from the Lower World, [[but]] [[lost]] her on [[turning]] to [[look]] at her, breaking his [[promise]] to [[Pluto]]. He [[was]] one of the Argonauts, Hor. C. 1, 12, 8; Ov. M. 10, 3 sq.; 11, 5 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 164; 251; Verg. E. 4, 55; Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 107 et saep.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Or-phēus, a, um, adj., = [[Ὀρφεῖος]], of or belonging to [[Orpheus]], Orphean ([[poet]].): vox, Ov. M. 10, 3: [[lyra]], Prop. 1, 3, 42.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Or-phĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ὀρφικός, of or belonging to [[Orpheus]], Orphic ([[class]].): [[carmen]], Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 107: sacra Orphica, id. 3, 23, 58: [[versus]], Macr. S. 1, 18, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Orphăĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ὀρφαικός, Orphic.—In plur. subst.: Orphăĭci, ōrum, m., the Orphics, the followers of [[Orpheus]], Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Orpheūs</b>,¹¹ ĕī ou ĕos, m. ([[Ὀρφεύς]]), Orphée [fils de la Muse [[Calliope]], célèbre joueur de lyre, époux d’[[Eurydice]] : Cic. Nat. 1, 107 || <b>-ēŭs</b>, a, um ([[Ὀρφεῖος]]), d’Orphée : Prop. 1, 3, 42 || <b>-ēĭcus</b>, a, um, d’Orphée, orphique : Macr. Sat. 1, 18, 17, ou <b>-ĭcus</b>, a, um (Ὀρφικός), Cic. Nat. 1, 107.
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