Aetolia
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Αἰτωλία, ἡ, V. γῆ Αἰτωλίς (-ίδος), ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Aetōlĭa: ae, f., = Αἰτωλία,
I a province in Middle Greece, between Locri and Acarnania, south of Thessaly, Cic. Pis. 37.—Hence,
1 Aetōlĭcus, a, um, adj., Ætolian: aper, the Calydonian boar, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 3 (cf. Ov. M. 8, 270 sqq.): bellum, Liv. 37, 6.—*
2 Aetōlis, ĭdis, f., = Αἰτωλίς, an Ætolian woman: pulsā Aetolide Dejanirā, Ov. H. 9, 131.—*
3 Aetōlĭus, a, um, adj., poet. for Ætolicus: heros, i. e. Diomedes, who first reigned in Ætolia, Ov. M. 14, 461.—
4 Aetōlus, a, um, adj., = Αἰτωλός, Ætolian: arma, i. e. of Diomedes, who first reigned in Ætolia, Ov. M. 14, 528; so id. R. Am. 159; Sil. 7, 484: urbs, i. e. Arpi in Apulia, built by Diomedes, Verg. A. 11, 239; hence: Arpi Aetoli. id. ib. 10, 28: plagae, hunting-nets, with reference to Meleager and the Calydonian chase, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 46 Schmid.— Hence, Aetōli, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ætolia, Paul. Capt. prol. 24 Fleck.; Liv. 37, 6; Verg. A. 11, 308.