Smintheus: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Smintheus</b>: or Zmin- (dissyl.), ĕi, m., = [[Σμινθεύς]]>,<br /><b>I</b> an epithet of [[Apollo]] (from the Cretan [[σμίνθος]]>, [[mouse]], i. e. the mousekiller; or, as [[Aristarchus]] asserts, from Smintha (Σμίνθη), a [[town]] in the [[Troad]], the Sminthean, Lact. 1, 7, 9; Ov. F. 6, 425; acc. Sminthea, id. M. 12, 585.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sminthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Smintheus]]: spolia, i. e. Astynome, [[daughter]] of [[Chryses]], [[priest]] of [[Apollo]], Sen. Agam. 176.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sminthius (Zmin-), a, um, adj., of [[Smintheus]]: mures (acc. to the [[myth]], killed by [[Apollo]]), Arn. 3, 119; Dict. Cret. 14; 47: [[templum]], Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.