Chaones
Chāŏnes, um, m., = Χάονες,
- a people in the north-west part of Epirus, named after Chaon (v. the preced. art.), the Chaonians, Plin. 4, prooem. § 2; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 334 sq.; acc. plur. Gr. Chaonas, Claud. B. Get. 135; their country was called Chāŏnĭa, ae, f., Verg. A. 3, 335 Serv.; Plin. 4, prooem. § 2; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 2; Liv. 32, 5, 9. —
- II Hence,
- A Chāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Chaonian; also of Epirus: campi, Verg. A. 3, 334: sinus, Ov. M. 13, 717: glans, Verg. G. 1, 8: pater, i. e. Jupiter, whose oracle was at Dodona, id. ib. 2, 67; cf. Juppiter, Val. Fl. 1, 303: columbae, which revealed the future at Dodona, Verg. E. 9, 13: nemus, i. e. the oak forest, Stat. Th. 6, 99: truncus, Val. Fl. 8, 461: vertex, Luc. 3, 180: victus, i.e. of acorns, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 47.—
- B Chāŏnis, ĭdis, f. adj., Chaonian: ales, i.e. columba (v. the preced.), Ov. A. A. 2, 150: arbos, i. e. quercus, id. M. 10, 90: quercus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1624.
Chāones, um, m. (Χάονες), die nach einem Heros Chāōn, dem Bruder des Helenus (Verg. Aen. 3, 335), benannte Völkerschaft im nordwestl. Epirus, die Chaonier, Liv. 43, 23, 6. Claud. bell. Get. 135 (wo Akk. -as). – Dav.: A) (deren Land) Chāonia, ae, f. (Χαονία), die Landschaft Khaonien, j. Canina in Albanien, Cic. ad Att. 6, 3, 2. Liv. 32, 5, 9. Verg. Aen. 3, 335. – B) Chāonis, idis, f., chaonisch, poet. = epirotisch od. insbes. dodonäisch (dem dodonäischen Jupiter heilig), ales, die Taube, Ov.: ebenso arbos, die Eiche, Ov. – C) Chāonius, a, um (Χαόνιος), chaonisch, poet. = epirotisch übh. u. = insbes. dodonäisch, pater (Jupiter), Verg.: columbae, die zu Dodona weissagenden, Verg.: nemus, Eichenwald zu Dodona, Stat.: victus, von Eicheln, Claud.: pes = Molossus, Diom. 479, 5.
Chāŏnes, (16) um, m. , habitants de la Chaonie : Liv. 43, 23, 6 || Chāŏnĭa, æ, f. , Chaonie [région de lʼÉpire] : Cic. Att. 6, 3, 2 || Chāŏnis, ĭdis, f. , de Chaonie : Ov. M. 10, 90 || Chāŏnĭus, a, um, de Chaonie, dʼÉpire : Virg. En. 3, 334.
CHAONES
CHA´ONES, CHAO´NIA. [EPEIRUS]
Chaŏnes
(Χάονες). A Pelasgian people, one of the three peoples which inhabited Epirus, were at an earlier period in possession of the whole of the country, but subsequently dwelt along the coast from the river Thyamis to the Acroceraunian promontory, which district was therefore called Chaonia. By the poets, Chaonius is used as equivalent to Epiroticus (Ἠπειρωτικός).