Phorcus
κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν → bend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Phorcus: i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ȳnos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Φόρκος, Φόρκυς, and Φόρκυν,
I son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35: Phorci chorus, Verg. A. 5, 240; or, Phorci exercitus, i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824: pater Phorcys, Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,
A Phorcys, ydos (Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus: ora Phorcydos, i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8: geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum, i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.—
B Phorcȳnis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., the daughter of Phorcus, i. e. Medu- sa, Ov. M. 5, 230; Luc. 9, 626.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Phorcus,¹⁴ ī, m. (Φόρκος et Φόρκυς), Phorcus ou Phorcys [fils de Neptune, père des Gorgones, changé en un dieu marin] : Hyg. Fab. præf. 4 ; Virg. En. 5, 240 ; Plin. 36, 26
