Pentheus

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Πενθεύς, -έως, ὁ, or say, son of Echion.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Pentheus: ĕi and ĕos, m., = Πενθεύς,
I son of Echion and Agave, grandson of Cadmus, and king of Thebes; having treated with contempt the rites of Bacchus, he was torn in pieces by his mother and her sisters when under the influence of the god, Ov. M. 3, 514; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 24; 3 (4), 22, 33; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 40; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 73; id. C. 2, 19, 14.—Hence,
   A Penthēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pentheus, Penthean: mater, Sid. Carm. 22, 94.—
   B Penthēus, a, um, adj., = Πενθεῖος, of or belonging to Pentheus, Penthean, Stat. Th. 2, 575.—
   C Penthīdes, ae, m., = Πενθείδης, a male descendant of Pentheus, Ov. Ib. 449 and 609.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Pentheūs,¹³ ĕī ou ĕos, m. (Πενθεύς), Penthée [fils d’Échion et d’Agavé, roi de Thèbes, déchiré par les Bacchantes] : Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 73 ; Ov. M. 3, 514 || -thēĭus, a, um, Sid. Carm. 22, 94 ; et -thēus, a, um, Stat. Th. 2, 575, de Penthée || -thĭăcus, a, um, déchiré comme Penthée : Petr. 47, 10.

Latin > German (Georges)

Pentheus, eī u. eos, Akk. eum u. ea, m. (Πενθεύς), König in Theben, Enkel des Kadmus, wegen seiner Verachtung des bacchischen Gottesdienstes von seiner rasenden Mutter, deren Schwestern und anderen Bacchantinnen zerrissen, Ov. met. 3, 514 sqq. Hyg. fab. 184. Mythogr. Lat. 2, 83: Genet. -eī, Hor. carm. 2, 19, 14. Mythogr. Lat. 3, 12; Genet. -eos, Prop. 3, 17, 24. Ov. trist. 5, 3, 40: Akk. -eum, Mythogr. Lat. 1, 151; Akk. -ea, Prop. 3, 22, 33. Ov. met. 3, 561 u.a.: Vok. Pentheu, Hor. ep. 1, 16, 73. – Dav.: A) Penthēus, a, um (Πενθειος), penthëisch, des Pentheus, caedes, Ov.: genus, Stat. – Spät. poet. Nbf. Penthēius, a, um, mater, Sidon. carm. 22, 94. – B) Penthīdēs, ae, m., der Penthide (= Nachkömmling des Pentheus), von Lykurg, Ov. Ib. 445 u. 605. – C) Penthiacus, a, um, nach Art des Pentheus zerrissen, gallinaceus, Petron. 47, 10.