Aetnaeus
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Aetnaeus , a, um: adj. (Aetna), of Aetna; Aetnaean, 3.678.
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Aetnaei Proper-name adjective: masculine vocative plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter genitive singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine nominative plural, Proper-name adjective: masculine genitive singular of Aetnaeus
Aetnaeus, a, um, adj. [Aetna].
- Pertaining to Aetna: ignes, Cic. N. D. 2, 38: fratres, the Cyclopes who forged in Mt. Aetna, Verg. A. 3, 678: fulmen, Prop. 4, 16, 21: Deus, i. e. Vulcan, who is said to have had his forge in Mt. Aetna, Val. Fl. 2, 420.— Subst.: Aetnaei, ōrum, m., those who dwell on or near Mt. Aetna, Just. 22, 1.— Hence,
- II Poet., pars pro toto, Sicilian: triumphi, Sil. 9, 196.
Ætnæus, a, um, de lʼEtna : Cic. Nat. 2, 96 || [par ext.] de Sicile : Sil. 9, 196 || m. pl., habitants des environs de lʼEtna : Just. 22, 1, 11.
Aetnaeus
(Αἰτναῖος), an epithet given to several gods and mythical beings connected with Mount Aetna, such as Zeus, of whom there was a statue on mount Aetna, and to whom a festival was celebrated there, called Aetnaea (Schol. ad Pind. Ol. 6.162), Hephaestus, who had his workshop in the mountain, and a temple near it (Ael. NA 11.3; Spanheim, ad Callim. hymn. in Dian. 56), and the Cyclops. (Virg. Acn. 8.440, 11.263, 3.768; Ov. Pont. 2.2. 115.) [L.S]
Aetnaeus
Aetnaeus, son of Prometheus
- Paus. 9.25.6