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Amphitryo

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Amphitryonis Proper-name noun: masculine genitive singular of Amphitryo

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Amphī̆tryo (-ŭo) or ōn, ōnis, m., = Ἀμφιτρύων.
  • Son of Alceus and Hipponome, king of Thebes, and husband of Alcmene, Ov. M. 6, 112.
  • —Hence, Amphī̆try-ōnĭădēs, ae, patr. m., a male descendant of Amphitryo, i.e. Hercules, Cat. 68, 112; Ov. M. 9, 140; 15, 49; Verg. A. 8, 214.—
  • II The name of a comedy of Plautus.

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