Tyndareus

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Τυνδάρεως, -εω, ὁ (scanned as three syllables).

descendant of Tyndareus: Τυνδαρίδης, -ου, ὁ.

daughter of Tyndareus: Τυνδαρίς, -ίδος, ἡ; see Helen.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Tyndăreus: (trisyl.; but quadrisyl. Ov. H. 8, 31; 17, 250), ĕï (Tyndărus, i, Hyg. Fab. 77; 78; Lact. 1, 10, 11), m., = Τυνδάρευς,
I a king of Sparta, son of Œbalus, and husband of Leda; he was the father of Castor and Pollux, and of Helen and Clytemnestra, Pac. ap. Non. 496, 31; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 1325 P.; Cic. Fat. 15, 34; Ov. H. 8, 31; 17, 250; Hyg. Fab. 77; 78.—Hence,
   A Tyndărĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tyndareus, Tyndarian: fratres, i. e. Castor and Pollux, Val. Fl. 1, 570: puer, id. 1, 167 (al. Tyndareos as Gr. gen., v. Tyndareus).—In plur.: Tyndărĭi, ōrum, m., poet. for Spartans, Sil. 15, 320.—
   B Tyn-dărĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Tyn dareus, i. e. Castor or Pollux; most freq. in plur. for both, Tyndaridae, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352; id. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6; Ov F. 5, 700; id. M. 8, 301; Hor. C. 4, 8, 31. —Also for the children of Tyndareus, in gen.: (Clytaemnestra) fortissima Tyndaridarum, Hor. S. 1, 1, 100.—In sing., of Pollux, Val. Fl. 4, 247; 6, 212.—
   C Tyndă-ris, ĭdis, f.
   1    A female descendant of Tyndareus; of Helen, Lucr. 1, 464; 1, 473; Verg. A. 2, 601; 2, 569; Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 31; 3, 8 (4, 7), 30; Ov. A. A. 1, 746; id. M. 15, 233. Of Clytemnestra, Ov. Tr. 2, 396; id. A. A. 2, 408.—
   2    The name of a town on the north ern coast of Sicily, near the modern Capo Tindaro, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90; 2, 92, 94, § 206; Cic. Verr 2, 5, 49, § 128.—Hence,
   b Tyn-dărĭtāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tyndaris, Cic. Verr 2, 2, 65, § 156; id. Att 15, 2, 4.—
   3    The name of a female friend of Horace, Hor C. 1, 17, 10.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Tyndărĕus,¹⁴ ī, m. (Τυνδάρεος), Tyndare [époux de Léda, père de Castor et Pollux, d’Hélène et de Clytemnestre] : Cic. Fato 34 ; Ov. H. 8, 31.

Latin > German (Georges)

Tyndareus, eī, m. (Τυνδάρεος; Nbf. Tyndarus, ī, m., Lact. 1, 10, 11), Tyndareus, Sohn des Öbalus, König von Sparta, nach seiner Vertreibung aus Sparta Gemahl der Leda, Vater des Kastor und Pollux, der Helena u. Klytämnestra, Cic. de fato 34. Ov. her. 8, 31. Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 601: Tyndarei gener, v. Agamemnon (dem Gemahle der Klytämnestra), Ov. Iv. 352. – Dav.: A) Tyndaridēs, ae, Akk. ēn, m. (Τυνδαρίδης), der Tyndaride (= der männliche Nachkomme des Tyndareus), v. Kastor u. Pollux, Tyndaridae, Cic., od. Tyndaridae gemini od. fratres, Ov. – fortissima Tyndaridarum, die wackerste aus dem Geschlechte der Tyndariden, die leibhaftige Klytämnestra (v. einer Libertina), Hor. sat. 1, 1, 100. – B) Tyndaris, idis od. idos, Akk. ida, f. (Τυνδαρίς), die Tyndaride (= Tochter des Tyndareus), Lacaena, Helena, Verg. Aen. 2, 601: u. so von der Helena, Verg. Aen. 2, 569 (Akk. -ida). Ov. art. am. 1, 746 (Vok. -i); her. 16 (17), 118 (Genet. -idis): v. der Klytämnestra, Ov. art. am. 2, 408; trist. 396 (Genet. -idos). – C) Tyndarius, a, um, tyndarisch, fratres, Kastor u. Pollux, Val. Flacc. 1, 57. – Plur., Tyndariī, ōrum, m., poet. = Spartaner, Sil. 15, 320.