Briareus

Brĭăreus (trisyl.), ei, m., = Βριαρεύς, Callim. Del. 143 (old form Βριάρεως, Hom.Il. 1, 403; v. Crus. Wb. of Prop. Names),

• the hundred-armed giant, also called Aegaeon: centumgeminus, Verg. A. 6, 287 Serv. and Heyne; cf. id. ib. 10, 565: ferox, Luc. 4, 596 Schol.: immensus, Stat. Th. 2, 596; cf. also Ov. M. 2, 10; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 304: vastus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 167.
• —Hence, Brĭă-rēĭus, a um, adj., of or belonging to Briareus: turba, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 188.

Briare͡us, eī, m. (Βριαρεύς = der Furchtbare), von den Menschen Aegaeon (s.d.) gen., ein Uranide, nach andern ein Gigant, mit hundert Armen und fünfzig Köpfen, dah. Br. centumgeminus, Verg. Aen. 6, 287; vgl. 10, 565: Br. ferox, Lucan. 4, 596. – Dav. Briarēius, a, um, briarëisch, turba, Claud. rapt. Proserp. 3, 188: praeda, Rutil. Nam. 1, 6, 3.

Briarēus , like Briareus, gigantic. s1461 gens est Cerberea, gens Spingia, gens Briarēa (Vers.) Reg. Whet. I 396.

Brĭăreūs, (14) ĕī ou ĕos, m. (Βριαρεύς), Briarée ou Égéon [géant qui avait cent bras] : Virg. En. 6, 287 || -rēĭus, a, um, de Briarée, des géants : Claud. Pros. 3, 187.

Briareus

[Aegaeon.]

Briareus

(Βριάρεως). See Aegaeon.

Briareus Briareus, a Hundredhanded

• Apollod. 1.1.1
• arbitrates between Poseidon and the Sun: Paus. 2.1.6
• awards Acro-Corinth to the Sun: Paus. 2.4.6