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|lshtext=<b>Ā&#774;tlās</b>: antis, m., = [[Ἄτλας]].<br /><b>I</b> [[Atlas]], a [[high]] [[mountain]] in [[Mauretania]], in the northwest [[part]] of [[Libya]], on [[which]], acc. to the [[fable]], [[heaven]] rested, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 11 sqq.; Ov. M. 2, 296; 15, 149; id. F. 5, 83; Verg. A. 4, 247; 6, 796; Vitr. 6, 10; 8, 12; Hyg. Fab. 150 (cf. Hom. Od. 1, 52; 4, 385; Hdt. 3, 2; 4, 148; Apollod. 2, 5, 11; Diod. Sic. 3, 5).—<br /><b>II</b> In [[mythology]], a [[king]] of [[Mauretania]], [[son]] of [[Iapetus]] and [[Clymene]], a [[lover]] of astronomy, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 8; Ov. M. 4, 628 sq.; changed by [[Perseus]], [[with]] the [[aid]] of [[Medusa]]'s [[head]], [[into]] Mount [[Atlas]], [[because]] he refused him a [[hospitable]] [[reception]] as [[guest]], Ov. M. 4, 657 sq. He [[was]] the [[father]], by [[Pleione]], of the [[seven]] Pleiades, and, by Æthra, of the [[seven]] (acc. to Hyg. [[five]]) [[Hyades]].—[[Meton]]. for a [[man]] of [[colossal]] [[height]], and [[iron]]. for a [[dwarf]], Juv. 8, 32.—<br /><b>III</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Ā&#774;tlantĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Mount [[Atlas]], as a [[designation]] for westAfrican, Libyan: [[mare]], the [[Atlantic]] [[Ocean]], Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: [[accola]], [[dwelling]] on [[Atlas]], Sil. 10, 185: munera, i. e. [[citrus]]-[[wood]], Mart. 14, 89; cf. Atlantis, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Ā&#774;tlantĭăcus, a, um, adj., the [[same]]: [[litus]], Sil. 13, 200: [[Olympus]], i. e. the [[heaven]] borne by [[Atlas]], Calp. 4, 83: profundum, Aus. Mos. 144.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Ā&#774;tlantēus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to [[Atlas]], and,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of Mount [[Atlas]], as a [[designation]] for [[west]]-African, Libyan: [[finis]], Hor. C. 1, 34, 11: [[Oceanus]], the [[Atlantic]] [[Ocean]], Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 280; cf. id. Prob. et Olyb. Cons. 35: [[gurges]], Stat. Achill. 1, 223.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of or belonging to King [[Atlas]]: Pleiades, Ov. F. 3, 105.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Ā&#774;t-lantĭădes, ae, m. patr., a [[male]] [[descendant]] of King [[Atlas]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Mercury]], the [[grandson]] of [[Atlas]] by [[Maia]], Ov. M. 2, 704; 2, 834; 8, 627 (cf.: [[nepos]] Atlantis, Ov. F. 5, 663; Hor. C. 1, 10, 1).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hermaphroditus, greatgrandson of [[Atlas]] and [[son]] of [[Mercury]], Ov. M. 4, 368.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> Ā&#774;tlantĭăs, ădis, f. patr., a [[female]] [[descendant]] of [[Atlas]]: sorores, i. e. Pleiades, daughters of [[Atlas]], Sil. 16, 136: [[Calypso]], Auct. Priap. 69 (cf. Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 685 P.: [[apud]] nympham Atlantis filiam Calypsonem).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> Ā&#774;tlantis, ĭdis, f.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adj., of or pertaining to Mount [[Atlas]]: [[silva]], a [[citrus]] [[forest]], Luc. 10, 144; cf. Atlanticus.—Also subst., the [[name]] of [[several]] islands in the [[Atlantic]] [[Ocean]], of [[which]] the largest, acc. to [[Plato]], [[was]] said to [[have]] sunk ([[some]] [[consider]] this as America), Plin. 2, 90, 92, § 205; 6, 31, 36, § 190.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adj., of or pertaining to King [[Atlas]]; and subst., his [[female]] [[posterity]]; [[thus]] the Pleiades and [[Hyades]], [[connected]] as constellations in the heavens, are called Atlantides, Hyg. Fab. 192; id. Astr. 2, 21: Eoae Atlantides, the Pleiades, called [[Vergiliae]], Verg. G. 1, 221 Serv.; Col. 10, 54; cf. Vitr. 6, 10.—In sing., an epithet of [[Electra]], one of the Pleiades, Ov F. 4, 31; and of [[Calypso]], Tib. 4, 1, 77. —<br /> Ā&#774;tlantĭus, ii, m., a [[descendant]] of [[Atlas]]; Hermaphroditus, his [[great]]-[[grandson]] by [[Mercury]] (cf. Atlantiades), Hyg. Fab. 271.—<br /> Ā&#774;tlantes, um, m., a Libyan [[people]], Mel. 1, 4, 4; 1, 8, 5; Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 44 sq.; Sol. 31.—<br /> Atlantes = Gigantes, Naev. Bell. Punic. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.