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|lshtext=<b>Dănăus</b>: i, m., Δαναός,<br /><b>I</b> [[son]] of [[Belus]], and [[twin]]-[[brother]] of [[Aegyptus]]: he [[was]] the [[father]] of [[fifty]] daughters; he emigrated from [[Egypt]] [[into]] [[Greece]], and [[there]] founded [[Argos]]; [[was]] [[slain]] by [[Lynceus]], [[after]] a [[reign]] of [[fifty]] years, Hyg. Fab. 168; 170; Serv. Verg. A. 10, 497; Cic. Parad. 6, 1, 44; cf. under no. II. B.—[[Danai]] [[porticus]], at [[Rome]], dedicated by [[Augustus]] to the Palatine [[Apollo]] (726 A. U. C.), famed for its statues of [[Danaus]] and his daughters, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 4; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.); Tibul. 1, 3, 79; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 60.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br /> <b>A</b> Dănăus, a, um, adj. (belonging to [[Danaus]]; [[hence]], in the poets, meton.), Greek, Grecian: classes, Ov. M. 13, 92; cf. rates, Prop. 3, 22, 34 (4, 22, 34 M.): flammae, Ov. M. 14, 467: [[ignis]], id. Her. 8, 14: [[miles]], id. ib. 24: [[manus]], id. R. Am. 66: res, id. M. 13, 59. Esp. freq.,<br /> <b>A</b> Subst. plur.: Dănăi, ōrum, m., the [[Danai]], for the Greeks (esp. freq. of the Greeks [[before]] [[Troy]]), Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; id. Fin. 2, 6, 18; Prop. 3, 8, 31 (4, 7, 31 M.); Verg. A. 2, 5 et saep.—Gen. plur.: Danaum, Lucr. 1, 87; Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); 3, 9, 40 (4, 8, 40 M.); Verg. A. 1, 30 et saep.—<br /> <b>B</b> Dănăĭdes, um, f., Δαναδες, the daughters of [[Danaus]], the Danaides, [[who]], [[with]] the [[exception]] of [[Hypermnestra]], murdered [[their]] husbands at [[their]] [[father]]'s [[command]], Hyg. Fab. 170; 255; Sen. Herc. Fur. 757. The classical poets [[substitute]] [[Danai]] [[proles]], Tib. 1, 3, 79; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.): [[Danai]] puellae, Hor. Od. 3, 11, 23: [[Danai]] [[genus]] infame, id. ib. 2, 14, 18.—<br /> <b>C</b> Dănăĭdae, ārum, m., Δαναΐδαι = [[Danai]] (v. no. II. A.), the Greeks, Sen. [[Troad]]. 611. | |||
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