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|lshtext=<b>Thēseus</b>: (dissyl.), -ĕï;, and -ĕos, m., = [[Θησεύς]],><br /><b>I</b> a [[king]] of [[Athens]], [[son]] of Ægeus (acc. to others, of [[Neptune]]) and Æthra; [[husband]] of [[Ariadne]], and [[afterwards]] of Phædra; [[father]] of [[Hippolytus]], by the [[Amazon]] [[Hippolyte]]; [[friend]] of Pirithoüs; [[conqueror]] of the [[highway]]-robbers Periphetes, Sinnis, etc., and of the [[Minotaur]], Ov. M. 7, 433 sq.; id. H. 10, 3; Stat. Th. 12, 576; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; 3, 31, 76; id. Fin. 1, 20, 65; Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 7; Ov. F. 6, 737; Verg. A. 6, 618; Hor. C. 4, 7, 27 al.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Thēsēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Theseus]], Thesean: [[carina]], Prop. 1, 3, 1: [[laus]], Ov. M. 8, 263: [[fides]], id. Tr. 1, 3, 66: [[crimen]], i. e. the [[desertion]] of [[Ariadne]], id. F. 3, 460; id. A. A. 3, 459.—Transf., [[poet]]., for Athenian: via, Prop. 3 (4), 21, 24: [[Hymettus]], Mart. 13, 104, 1: favi, id. 4, 13, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Thē-sēïus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Theseus]]: [[heros]], i. e. [[Hippolytus]], Ov. M. 15, 492: dicta, Stat. Th. 12, 681: [[Troezen]], ruled by the ancestors of [[Theseus]], id. ib. 4, 81.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Thēsīdes, ae, m., the [[offspring]] of [[Theseus]], i. e. [[Hippolytus]], Ov. H. 4, 65; Aus. Epigr. 20. — Transf., [[poet]]., for an Athenian, Verg. G. 2, 383.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Thēsēis, ĭdis, f., the [[title]] of a [[poem]] [[concerning]] [[Theseus]], Juv. 1, 2.

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