Tyndareus

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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

Of Tyndareus, V. adj.: Τυνδάρειος.

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 <number opt="n">plur.</number>: 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 <number opt="n">plur.</number> 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 <number opt="n">sing.</number>, 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.