Symaethum

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Sӯmaethius, a, um: adj. (Sӯmaethum), of Symaethum, a river and town on the eastern coast of Sicily; Symaethian, 9.584.

Symaethum, i, n., or Symaethus i, m., = Σύμαιθος,

a river and town situated upon it on the east coast of Sicily, near Catina, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89; Sil. 14, 231; 9, 410; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 584.—Hence,
- A Sȳ̆-maethĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Symaethus, Symaethian: flumina, Verg. A. 9, 584: heros, i. e. Acis, son of the nymph of the Symaethus, Ov. M. 13, 879.—As subst.: Symaethĭi, ōrum, m., the dwellers on the Symaethus, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.—
- B Symae-thēus, a, um, adj., Symaethian: aquae, Ov. F. 4, 472. —
- C Symaethis, ĭdis, f., Symaethian: nympha, Ov. M. 13, 750.