Daphnis

Daphnis, ĭdis, m., Δάφνις.

• A son of Mercury, a beautiful young shepherd in Sicily, the inventor of pastoral songs, and hence a favorite of Pan, Ov. M. 4, 277.—Acc. usu. Daphnim, Verg. E. 2, 26; 5, 20; 7, 7 et saep: Daphnin, id. ib. 5, 52; Prop. 2, 34, 68 (3, 32, 68 M.).—
• II A grammarian, sportively called, in allusion to the preceding, Πανὸς ἀγάπημα, Suet. Gramm. 3; Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 128.

Daphnis, nidis, Akk. nidem, nim u. nin, Vok. ni, m. (Δάφνις), I) Sohn des Merkur, ein schöner Hirtenjüngling in Sizilien, Erfinder der bukolischen Poesie, dah. Liebling des Pan, Ov. met. 4, 277. Verg. ecl. 2, 26; 3, 12 (wo Genet. Daphnidis im Text, aber Ps. Prob. de ult. syll. 4, 12. p. 228, 23 K. Daphnidos); 5, 52 (wo Akk. Daphnin). Treb. Poll. trig. tyr. 18, 12 (wo Akk. Daphnidem). Prop. 2, 34, 68 (wo Akk. Daphnin): casia quam Daphnidis vocant, Plin. 12, 98. – II) = Daphne, s. daphnēno. II, B.

Daphnis, (11) ĭdis (et is ), m. , ¶ 1 fils de Mercure, inventeur de la poésie bucolique, en Sicile : Virg. B. 2, 26, etc. || nom de berger : Virg. B. 7, 1 ¶ 2 Lutatius Daphnis, grammairien : Suet. Gramm. 3 ¶ 3 Daphnidis insula, île de Daphnis [dans le golfe Arabique] : Plin. 7, 40.

Daphnis

(Δάφνις). A Sicilian shepherd, son of Hermes by a nymph, and taught by Pan to play on the flute. He was regarded as the inventor of bucolic poetry. A Naiad, to whom he proved faithless, punished him with blindness, whereupon his father Hermes translated him to heaven. See the Fifth Eclogue of Vergil, 20-80.

Daphnis Daphnis, despot of Abydos

• Hdt. 4.138

Daphnis(2), nymph

• prophetess of Earth at Delphi: Paus. 10.5.5