Minotaurus
Minotaurus, a monster with a bull’s head, born of Pasiphaë, wife of Minos
Mīnōtaurus, ī, m.: the Minotaur; the offspring of Pasiphae, born with the head of a bull and body of a man, and confined by Minos in the Cretan Labyrinth, 6.26.
Mīnōtaurus, i, m., = Μινώταυρος,
- a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man, the fruit of the intercourse of Pasiphaë, the wife of Minos, with a bull. Minos caused him to be shut up in the labyrinth and fed with human flesh. The Athenians were obliged to deliver to him seven boys and as many maidens every year, until Theseus destroyed him, and, with the aid of Ariadne's clew, escaped from the labyrinth: Minotaurus putatur esse genitus, cum Pasiphaë Minois regis uxor dicitur concubuisse cum tauro. Sed affirmant alii, Taurum fuisse nomen adulteri, Paul. ex Fest. p. 148 Müll.: proles biformis Minotaurus, Verg. A. 6, 25; cf. Ov. M. 7, 456; 8, 152 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 41: Minotauri effigies inter signa militaria est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 148 Müll.—Comically: offensione Minotauri, i. e. Calvisii et Tauri, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1.
Mīnōtaurus, ī, m. (Μινώταυρος), Sohn der Pasiphaë, der Gemahlin des Minos, mit einem Stiere gezeugt, daher halb Mensch und halb Stier, den Minos in dem knossischen Labyrinth mit den Jünglingen und Jungfrauen fütterte, die die Athener als Tribut ihm liefern mußten, bis endlich Theseus den Minotaurus tötete und durch Hilfe der Ariadne glücklich aus dem Labyrinthe kam, Hyg. fab. 41. Verg. Aen. 6, 26; vgl. Ov. met. 8, 152 sqq.; fast. 3, 459 sqq. Veget. mil 3, 6. p. 76, 11 L2. – scherzh., offensione Minotauri, i.e. Calvisii et Tauri, Cic. ep. 12, 25, 1.
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Mīnōtaurus, (15) ī, m. (Μινώταυρος), Minotaure [monstre moitié homme, moitié taureau, fils de Pasiphaé ; fut tué par Thésée] : Virg. En. 6, 25 ; Ov. M. 7, 456 ; Hyg. Fab. 41 ; P. Fest. 148 || [plaist ] Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1.
Mīnōtaurus ī, m
- , Μινώταυρος, a monster with a bull's head, born of Pasiphaë, wife of Minos, V., O.
Minotaurus
See Minos; Theseus.