Agenor
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἀγήνωρ, -ορος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ăgēnor: ŏris, m., = Ἀγήνωρ,
I a son of Belus, king of Phœnicia, father of Cadmus and Europa, and ancestor of Dido; hence, poet., Agenoris urbs, i. e. Carthage, Verg. A. 1, 338.—Agenore natus, i. e. Cadmus, Ov. M. 3, 51; 97; 257.—Whence, derivv.
1 Ăgēnŏrĕus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Agenor: bos, i. e. Jupiter, who, in the form of a bull, carried off Europa, the daughter of Agenor, Ov. F. 6, 712: aëna, Phœnician, Sil. 7, 642; cf. Mart. 10, 16.—Also for Carthaginian (cf. Agenor), Sil. 1, 14: nepotes, i.e. the Carthaginians, id. 17, 404: ductor, i.e. Hannibal, id. 17, 392.—
2 Ăgēnŏrĭdēs, ae, patr. m., a male descendant of Agenor.
I His son Cadmus, Ov. M. 3, 8; so id. ib. 3, 81; 90; 4, 562; id. P. 1, 3, 77.—
II Perseus, whose grandfather, on the mother's side, Danaüs, was descended from Agenor, Ov. M. 4, 771.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ăgēnōr,¹⁴ ŏris, m. (Ἀγήνωρ), ancêtre de Didon : Agenoris urbs Virg. En. 1, 338, Carthage
