Trachin

Trāchīn, īnis, or Trāchȳn, ȳnos, f., = Τραχίν or Τραχύν,

• a town of Thessaly, on Mount Oeta, where Hercules caused himself to be burned, Plin. 4, 7, 14, § 28; Sen. Herc. Oet. 135; 195; 1432; id. Troad. 818; Ov. M. 11, 627.
• —Hence, Trāchīnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Trachin, Trachinian: tellus, Ov. M. 11, 269: miles, Luc. 3, 177: heros, i. e. Ceyx, king of Trachin, Ov. M. 11, 351; called also, absol., Trachinius, id. ib. 11, 282; cf. puppis, the vessel in which Ceyx was shipwrecked, id. ib. 11, 502: herba, Plin. 27, 13, 114, § 141: rosa, id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: Halcyone, the consort of Ceyx, Stat. S. 3, 5, 57.—In plur. subst.: Trāchīnĭae, ārum, f., The Trachinian Women, a tragedy of Sophocles, Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20.

Trāchīn, īnis, Akk. īna, f. (Τραχίν), alte Stadt in der thessal. Landschaft Phtyiotis am Öta, Residenz des Ceyx, Todesort des Herkules, später Heraclea gen., dah. Heraclea Trachin, Plin. 4, 28 (Jan u. Detl. Trechin, ion. Τρηχίν). Ov. met. 11, 627: aspera Trachin, Sen. Herc. Oet. 195 (196): ad Trachina vocor, Sen. Herc. Oet. 135. – Dav. Trāchīnius, a, um (Τραχίνιος) trachinisch, heros, Ceyx, Ov.: ders. bl. Trachinius gen., Ov.: Halcyone, des Ceyx Gemahlin, Stat. – Plur. subst., Trāchīniae, die Trachinierinnen, eine Tragödie des Sophokles, Cic. Tusc. 2, 20.

Trāchīn, (14) īnis, f. (Τραχίν), Trachine [ville de Thessalie, lieu où Hercule éleva son bûcher] : Plin. 4, 28 ; Ov. M. 11, 627 ; Sen. Troad. 818 || -īnĭus, a, um, de Trachine : Ov. M. 11, 269 || -nĭæ, f. , les Trachiniennes, tragédie de Sophocle : Cic. Tusc. 2, 20.