Thoas
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Θόας, -αντος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Thŏas: antis, m., = Θόας.
I A king of the Chersonesus Taurica, under whom Iphigenia was priestess of the Tauric Diana; he was slain by Orestes, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59; id. Tr. 1, 9, 28; 4, 4, 66.—Hence, Thŏantēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thoas; poet. for Tauric: Diana, Val. Fl. 8, 208; Sil. 14, 260; called also dea, Ov. Ib. 386. —
II A king of Lemnos, father of Hypsipyle, by whom he was conveyed to Chios, when the women of Lemnos slew all the men there, Hyg. Fab. 15; Ov. H. 6, 135; id. M. 13, 399; Stat. Th. 5, 239 sq.—Hence,
1 Thŏantĭ-ăs, ădis, f., daughter of Thoas, i. e. Hypsipyle, Ov. H. 6, 163. —
2 Thŏantis, ĭdis, f., the same, Stat. Th. 5, 650; 5, 700.—
III An Ætolian, son of Andræmon, one of the Greeks who besieged Troy, Verg. A. 2, 262; Hyg. Fab. 81; 97; 114.—
A companion of Æneas, Verg. A. 10, 415.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Thŏās,¹⁴ antis, m. (Θόας),
1 roi de la Tauride, où Iphigénie était prêtresse de Diane ; fut tué par elle que secondait son frère Oreste : Ov. P. 3, 2, 59 ; Tr. 1, 9, 28
2 roi de Lemnos, père d’Hypsipyle : Hyg. Fab. 15 ; Stat. Th. 5, 239
3 roi de Calydon en Étolie : Virg. En. 2, 262 ; Hyg. Fab. 81 ; 97
4 compagnon d’Énée : Virg. En. 10, 415.
