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|lshtext=<b>Scīron</b>: ōnis, m.,<br /><b>I</b> an Epicurean [[philosopher]] in [[Cicero]]'s [[time]]: omnia meminit [[Sciron]] Epicuri dogmata, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 106.<br /><b>Scīron</b>: ōnis, m., = [[Σκίρων]]> (Σκείρων).<br /><b>I</b> A [[noted]] [[robber]] on the [[rocky]] [[coast]] [[between]] [[Megaris]] and [[Attica]], destroyed by [[Theseus]], Ov. M. 7, 444 sq.; Stat. Th. 1, 333; Mel. 2, 3, 7; Gell. 15, 21, 1; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 253. —Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Scīrōnĭus, a, um, adj., of [[Sciron]], Scironic: saxa, Mel. 2, 3, 7; so Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 23; Sen. Hippol. 1225; and, [[rupes]], Claud. B. Get. 188 (cf. also: infames Scirone petras, Stat. Th. 1, 333).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Scī-rōnis, ĭdis, adj. f., Scironic: petrae, Sen. Hippol. 1023.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> A [[north]]-[[west]] [[wind]] blowing from the Scironic rocks; so called by the Athenians, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120 (Jahn, [[Sciron]]); Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 4.
|lshtext=<b>Scīron</b>: ōnis, m.,<br /><b>I</b> an Epicurean [[philosopher]] in [[Cicero]]'s [[time]]: omnia meminit [[Sciron]] Epicuri dogmata, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 106.<br /><b>Scīron</b>: ōnis, m., = [[Σκίρων]] (Σκείρων).<br /><b>I</b> A [[noted]] [[robber]] on the [[rocky]] [[coast]] [[between]] [[Megaris]] and [[Attica]], destroyed by [[Theseus]], Ov. M. 7, 444 sq.; Stat. Th. 1, 333; Mel. 2, 3, 7; Gell. 15, 21, 1; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 253. —Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Scīrōnĭus, a, um, adj., of [[Sciron]], Scironic: saxa, Mel. 2, 3, 7; so Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 23; Sen. Hippol. 1225; and, [[rupes]], Claud. B. Get. 188 (cf. also: infames Scirone petras, Stat. Th. 1, 333).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Scī-rōnis, ĭdis, adj. f., Scironic: petrae, Sen. Hippol. 1023.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> A [[north]]-[[west]] [[wind]] blowing from the Scironic rocks; so called by the Athenians, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120 (Jahn, [[Sciron]]); Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 4.
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Σκείρων, -ωνος ὁ.

The Scironian Rocks: Σκειρωνίδες πέτραι, αἱ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Scīron: ōnis, m.,
I an Epicurean philosopher in Cicero's time: omnia meminit Sciron Epicuri dogmata, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 106.
Scīron: ōnis, m., = Σκίρων (Σκείρων).
I A noted robber on the rocky coast between Megaris and Attica, destroyed by Theseus, Ov. M. 7, 444 sq.; Stat. Th. 1, 333; Mel. 2, 3, 7; Gell. 15, 21, 1; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 253. —Hence,
   1    Scīrōnĭus, a, um, adj., of Sciron, Scironic: saxa, Mel. 2, 3, 7; so Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 23; Sen. Hippol. 1225; and, rupes, Claud. B. Get. 188 (cf. also: infames Scirone petras, Stat. Th. 1, 333).—
   2    Scī-rōnis, ĭdis, adj. f., Scironic: petrae, Sen. Hippol. 1023.—Hence,
II A north-west wind blowing from the Scironic rocks; so called by the Athenians, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120 (Jahn, Sciron); Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 4.