Sigeum

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Σίγειον, τό.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Sīgēum: i, n., = Σίγειον,
I a promontory in Troas, and a town of the same name, where Achilles was buried, now Yenishehr, Mel. 1, 18, 3; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124; Cic. Arch. 10, 24; id. Fam. 5, 12, 7; Liv. 44, 28, 6.—Hence, Sīgēus (collat. form Sīgēïa tellus, Ov. H. 1, 33: Sigeïa litora, id. M. 13, 3), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sigeum, Sigean: litora, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Ov. M. 12, 71: freta, Verg. A. 2, 312: campi, id. ib. 7, 294: profundum, Ov. M. 11, 197.
   1    Poet. transf., Trojan: natum Sigeo in pulvere, i.e. in the Trojan war, Stat. Achill. 1, 84.—
   2    Roman: colonus, Sil. 9, 203.