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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Daunus</b>: i, m., Δαῦνος,<br /><b>I</b> a [[fabulous]] [[king]] [[over]] a [[part]] of [[Apulia]] ([[whence]] it obtained the [[appellation]] Daunia), [[father]] (or [[ancestor]]) of [[Turnus]], and [[father]]-in-[[law]] of [[Diomedes]], Verg. A. 10, 616; 688; 12, 22 al.; Hor. Od. 3, 30, 11; 4, 14, 26; Ov. M. 14, 458; 510; id. F. 4, 76; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 103; Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 1 Müll.—<br /><b>II</b> Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Dau-nĭus, a, um, adj., Daunian: [[heros]], i. e. [[Turnus]], Verg. A. 12, 723: [[gens]], i. e. the Rutulians governed by [[Turnus]], id. ib. 8, 146: dea, i. e. Juturna, [[sister]] of [[Turnus]], id. ib. 12, 785: [[caedes]], i. e. of the Romans ([[pars]] pro toto), Hor. Od. 2, 1, 34; cf. [[Camena]], i. e. Roman, id. ib. 4, 6, 27: [[bulbus]] (an [[excellent]] [[kind]] growing in [[Apulia]]), Ov. R. Am. 797; cf. Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 95.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subst.: Daunii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of [[Apulia]] Daunia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 103; called also Dauni, Mel. 2, 4, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Daunĭăcus a, um, adj., Daunian, for Apulian: campi, Sil. 12, 429.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Dau-nĭas, ădis, f., the [[province]] Daunia, [[poet]]. for [[Apulia]]: [[militaris]], Hor. Od. 1, 22, 14.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Daunus</b>,¹³ ī, m. (Δαῦνος), aïeul de [[Turnus]], roi d’Apulie : Virg. En. 12, 723.
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{{Georges
|georg=Daunus, ī, m., [[ein]] mythischer [[König]] in einem Teile Apuliens (der [[deshalb]] [[Apulia]] Daunia hieß), [[Vater]] (od. Ahnherr) [[des]] [[Turnus]] (eines Königs der Rutuler), Schwiegervater [[des]] [[Diomedes]], Verg. Aen. 10, 616. Hor. carm. 3, 30, 11. Ov. [[met]]. 14, 458. – Dav.: A) [[Daunius]], a, um, daunisch, [[heros]], [[Turnus]], Verg.: [[gens]], die Rutuler, Verg.: [[tellus]], Sil.: [[dea]], [[Iuturna]], die [[Schwester]] [[des]] [[Turnus]], Verg.: [[caedes]], d.i. der [[Römer]], Hor.: [[ebenso]] [[Camena]], römische, Hor. – subst., Dauniī u. Daunī, ōrum, m. (Δαύνιοι), die [[Einwohner]] in [[Apulia]] Daunia, Plin. 3, 103. [[Mela]] 2 § 59 u. 65 Fr. – B) [[Dauniacus]], a, um, daunisch = apulisch, Sil. 12, 429. – C) [[Daunias]], adis, f., die [[Landschaft]] Daunia, poet. [[für]] Apulien, Hor. carm. 1, 22, 14.
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