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Φιλοσοφίαν δὲ τὴν μὲν κατὰ φύσιν, ὦ Βασιλεῦ, ἐπαίνει καὶ ἀσπάζου, τὴν δέ θεοκλυτεῖν φάσκουσαν παραίτου. → Praise and revere, O King, the philosophy that accords with nature, and avoid that which pretends to invoke the gods. (Philostratus, Ap. 5.37)
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|lshtext=<b>Smintheus</b>: or Zmin- (dissyl.), ĕi, m., = [[Σμινθεύς]] | |lshtext=<b>Smintheus</b>: or Zmin- (dissyl.), ĕi, m., = [[Σμινθεύς]],<br /><b>I</b> an epithet of [[Apollo]] (from the Cretan [[σμίνθος]], [[mouse]], i. e. the mousekiller; or, as [[Aristarchus]] asserts, from Smintha (Σμίνθη), a [[town]] in the [[Troad]], the Sminthean, Lact. 1, 7, 9; Ov. F. 6, 425; acc. Sminthea, id. M. 12, 585.—Hence,<br /> <b>1</b> Sminthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Smintheus]]: spolia, i. e. Astynome, [[daughter]] of [[Chryses]], [[priest]] of [[Apollo]], Sen. Agam. 176.—<br /> <b>2</b> Sminthius (Zmin-), a, um, adj., of [[Smintheus]]: mures (acc. to the [[myth]], killed by [[Apollo]]), Arn. 3, 119; Dict. Cret. 14; 47: [[templum]], Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123. | ||
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Smintheus: or Zmin- (dissyl.), ĕi, m., = Σμινθεύς,
I an epithet of Apollo (from the Cretan σμίνθος, mouse, i. e. the mousekiller; or, as Aristarchus asserts, from Smintha (Σμίνθη), a town in the Troad, the Sminthean, Lact. 1, 7, 9; Ov. F. 6, 425; acc. Sminthea, id. M. 12, 585.—Hence,
1 Sminthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Smintheus: spolia, i. e. Astynome, daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo, Sen. Agam. 176.—
2 Sminthius (Zmin-), a, um, adj., of Smintheus: mures (acc. to the myth, killed by Apollo), Arn. 3, 119; Dict. Cret. 14; 47: templum, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.
