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|lshtext=<b>Trŏphōnĭus</b>: ii, m., = [[Τροφώνιος]] | |lshtext=<b>Trŏphōnĭus</b>: ii, m., = [[Τροφώνιος]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[brother]] of [[Agamedes]], in [[conjunction]] [[with]] whom he built the [[temple]] of [[Apollo]] at [[Delphi]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 114.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[deity]] [[that]] imparted oracles in a [[cave]] [[near]] [[Lebadia]], in Bœotia; [[sometimes]] called also [[Juppiter]] [[Trophonius]], Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74; id. N. D. 3, 19, 49; Liv. 45, 27, 8; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 66; 31, 2, 11, § 15.—Hence, Trŏphōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Trophonius]], Trophonian: [[narratio]] Chaeronis, of a [[certain]] Chœron, [[who]] descended [[into]] [[Trophonius]]'s [[cave]], Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3. | ||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Τροφώνιος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Trŏphōnĭus: ii, m., = Τροφώνιος.
I A brother of Agamedes, in conjunction with whom he built the temple of Apollo at Delphi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 114.—
II A deity that imparted oracles in a cave near Lebadia, in Bœotia; sometimes called also Juppiter Trophonius, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74; id. N. D. 3, 19, 49; Liv. 45, 27, 8; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 66; 31, 2, 11, § 15.—Hence, Trŏphōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Trophonius, Trophonian: narratio Chaeronis, of a certain Chœron, who descended into Trophonius's cave, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3.
