Teucer
Teucer, king Teucer; (adjective Teucri) Trojans
- Son of Telamon, king of Salamis, and brother of Ajax, Hor. C. 1, 7, 21; 1, 7, 27; 1, 15, 24; 4, 9, 17; id. S. 2, 3, 204; Ov. M. 13, 157; 14, 698; Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18.—
- II Son of Scamander of Crete, son-in-law of Dardanus, and afterwards king of Troy, Ov. M. 13, 705; Verg. A. 3, 108. — Hence,
- 1 Teu-crus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Teu cer; poet. transf. for Trojan: carinae, Ov. M. 14, 72: sanguis, Cat. 64, 345.—As subst.: Teucri, ōrum, m., the Trojans, Verg. A. 1, 38; 1, 248; 2, 252; Ov. M. 13, 705; 13, 728 al.; the Romans, Sil. 17, 348. —
- 2 Teu-crĭus, a, um, adj., Trojan: moenia, of Troy, Sil. 13, 36. — Hence,
- b Teucrĭa, ae, f., the Trojan country, Troy, Verg. A. 2, 26.—
- 3 Teucris, ĭdis, f.
- a A Trojan female. captivae, Sabin. 1, 81.—
- b A pseudonymic designation of some person: Teucris illa lentum sane negotium, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 1; 1, 13, 6.
a Teucro ‥ initium habent omnes Trojani
quamquam Galli sint et ego Teucer, peregrini tamen sumus omnes
civitas Constantinopolitana a perfidis Teucris fuerit occupata
contra Teucros fidei et sancrosancte nostre religionis Christiane sevissimos hostes
- 1. eerste koning v. Troje; — Teucrī, ōrum en um m de Trojanen (naar Teucer genoemd); Teucris, idis f Trojaanse vrouw; — adj. Teucr(i)us, a, um ook Trojaans; — Teucria, ae f Troje en omgeving, Troas; meton. de Trojanen;
- 2. zoon v. Telamon (de koning v. Salamis) en Hesione (de door Hercules gevangengenomen zuster v. Priamus), jongere halfbroer v. Ajax en diens strijdmakker bij Troje.
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…nec Xanthus, nec Dorica castra defuerint ; alius Latio iam partus Achilles, natus et ipse dea ; nec Teucris addita Iuno usquam aberit ; cum tu supplex in rebus egenis quas gentes Italum aut quas non oraveris urbes Causa…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…, Tros ait Aenea Cessas Neque enim ante dehiscent attonitae magna ora domus. Et talia fata conticuit. Gelidus Teucris per dura cucurrit ossa tremor, funditque preces rex pectore ab imo Phoebe, graves Troiae semper miserate labores ,…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…Africus, et vastos volvunt ad litora fluctus. Insequitur clamorque virum stridorque rudentum. Eripiunt subito nubes caelumque diemque Teucrorum ex oculis ; ponto nox incubat atra. Intonuere poli, et crebris micat ignibus aether, praesentemque viris intentant…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…, cum Iuno, aeternum servans sub pectore volnus, haec secum Mene incepto desistere victam, nec posse Italia Teucrorum avertere regem Quippe vetor fatis. Pallasne exurere classem Argivum atque ipsos potuit submergere ponto, unius ob noxam et…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…Tuque, O sanctissima vates, praescia venturi, da, non indebita posco regna meis fatis, Latio considere Teucros errantisque deos agitataque numina Troiae. Tum Phoebo et Triviae solido de marmore templum instituam, festosque dies de nomine…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…Corripit Aeneas extemplo avidusque refringit cunctantem, et vatis portat sub tecta Sibyllae. Nec minus interea Misenum in litore Teucri flebant, et cineri ingrato suprema ferebant. Principio pinguem taedis et robore secto ingentem struxere pyram, cui frondibus…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…septem mactare iuvencos praestiterit, totidem lectas de more bidentes. Talibus adfata Aenean nec sacra morantur iussa viri, Teucros vocat alta in templa sacerdos. Excisum Euboicae latus ingens rupis in antrum, quo lati ducunt aditus centum ,…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…cum tu supplex in rebus egenis quas gentes Italum aut quas non oraveris urbes Causa mali tanti coniunx iterum hospita Teucris externique iterum thalami. Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito, qua tua te Fortuna sinet .…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…et nos bene emisse iudicati sumus et homines intellegere coeperunt licere amicorum facultatibus in emendo ad dignitatem aliquam pervenire. Teucris illa lentum negotium est sed tamen est in spe. tu ista confice. a nobis liberiorem epistulam exspecta .…
Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum
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…tempore quanto deteriores offensurus sis quam reliquisti. Scr. Romae In Ian. a. CICERO ATTICO SAL. Teucris illa lentum sane negotium, neque Cornelius ad Terentiam postea rediit. opinor ad Considium, Axium, Selicium confugiendum…
Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum
(Τεῦκρος). (1) The son of the river-god Scamander by the nymph Idaea. He was the first king of Troy, whence the Trojans are sometimes called Teucri.
(2) Son of Telamon and Hesioné, was a step-brother of Aiax, and the best archer among the Greeks at Troy. He founded the town of Salamis in Cyprus, and married Euné, the daughter of Cyprus, by whom he became the father of Asteria. See Aiax; Salamis.
- Paus. 2.29.4, Paus. 8.15.6
- son of Telamon, suitor of Helen: Apollod. 3.10.7, Apollod. 3.10.8
- son of Telamon and Hesione: Apollod. 3.12.7
- in Wooden Horse: Paus. 1.23.8
- pleads innocent of death of Ajax: Paus. 1.28.11
- victor in archery competition: Apollod. E.5.5
- expelled by his father, founds Salamis in Cyprus: Paus. 8.15.7
- ancestor of kings of Cyprus down to Evagoras: Paus. 1.3.2, Paus. 2.29.4
- king of the Teucrians: Apollod. 3.11.2
- gives Dardanus a share of the land and his daughter Batia to wife: Apollod. 3.11.2