Sidon

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Σιδών, -ῶνος, ἡ.

Of Sidon, adj.: Σιδώνιος.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Sīdon: ō̆nis (usu. ō, as in Greek; but in the derivatives
I common. A later collat. form Sīdōnĭa, ae, Just. 11, 10, 8; cf.: Babylonia, Lacedaemonia, etc.), f, = Σιδών, ῶνος and όνος, Heb. and Phoen. a very ancient and celebrated Phœnician city, the mother-city of Tyre, now Saida, Mel. 1, 12, 2; Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 76; Just. 18, 3, 4; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Luc. 3, 217 al.; abl. Sidone, Lucr. 6, 585; Ov. M. 4, 571; cf. acc. Sīdōna Verg A. 1, 619; abl. Sīdŏne, Sil. 8, 438.—Hence,
   A Sīdŏ̄nĭus, a, um, adj.
   1    Of or belonging to Sidon, Sidonian: urbs, i. e. Sidon, Verg. A. 4, 545; cf. moenia, Ov. P. 1, 3, 77: amor, i. e. Jupiter's for Europa (of Sidon), Mart. 7, 32.—
   2    Poet., Phœnician: raptus, i. e. of Europa, Stat. Th. 1, 5: rates, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2: hospes, i. e. Cadmus, id. M. 3, 129: Dido, Verg. A. 11, 74: nautae, Hor. Epod. 16, 59: murex, Tib. 3, 3, 18; cf. ostrum, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; so, vestis, Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 55: chlamys, Verg. A. 4, 137: palla, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 47: mitra, id. 2, 29 (3, 27), 15 et saep.—
   3    Carthaginian: duces, Sil. 1, 10: miles, id. 17, 213: cuspis, id. 5, 474.—
   4    Because Thebes, in Bœotia, was said to have been founded by Cadmus, Theban: Sidoniae comites, i. e. Ismenides, Ov. M. 4, 542: turres, Stat. Th. 7, 443.—Subst plur.: Sīdō̆nĭi, ōrum, m., the Sidonians, Sall. J. 78, 1; and poet., Phœnicians, Ov. F. 3, 108.—*
   B Sīdōnĭ-cus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sidon, Sidonian, Sall. J. 78, 4.—
   C Sīdō̆nis, ĭdis, adj. f., Sidonian; poet., Phœnician: tellus, i. e. Phœnicia, Ov. M. 2, 840: concha, i. e. purple, id. ib. 10, 267.—More freq. subst., a Sidonian or Phœnician woman; of Europa, Ov. A. A. 3, 252; id. F. 5, 610; 5, 617; Stat. Th. 9, 334.—Of Dido, Ov. M. 14, 80.—Of Anna, Ov. F. 3, 649; Sil. 8, 70: Sīdōnĭda, id. 8, 194.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) Sīdōn, ōnis, m., fils aîné de Chanaan, qui fonda Sidon : Bibl. ; Isid. Orig. 9, 2, 22 || v. Sidon 2.
(2) Sīdōn,¹⁴ ōnis et ŏnis, f. (Σιδών), Sidon [ville de Phénicie] ; par ext.] Tyr : Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2 ; Plin. 5, 76 ; Virg. En. 1, 619 ; Sil. 8, 438.