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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Dārēus</b>: (so the [[best]] editt. of [[Cicero]] and [[Curtius]]; cf. Zumpt, Gramm. § 2) or Dā-rīus (Dărĭī, Sid. Carm. 9, 51:<br /><b>I</b> Dărīos, Aus. Ep. 5, 23, v. no. II.), ii, m., Δάρειος [a Persian [[word]], from R. dar-, to [[hold]]: "the sustainer of the [[empire]]," Max. Müller, Science of Lang. 2, 220], the [[name]] of [[several]] Persian Kings, Cic. Fin. 5, 30 fin.; Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 41; Curt. and Just. [[passim]]; Ov. lb. 317; Claud. Epist. 1, 17.—*<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]. for the [[gold]] [[coin]] [[stamped]] under [[Darius]], a daric, Aus. l. l.—Hence, Darīus, a, um, adj. ([[late]] Lat.), of [[Darius]], [[opes]], Mart. Cap. 6, § 578.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Dārēus</b>,⁸ ī, m., c. [[Darius]] : Ov. Ib. 317.
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