Triton

Trītōn, ōnis, m.: Triton, a son of Neptune, 1.144; pl., Trītōnēs, um, m., sea-gods of the form of Triton, 5.824.

Trītōn, ōnis or ōnŏs, m., = Τρίτων.

• Lit., a son of Neptune and the nymph Salacia, a sea-god, who, at the bidding of Neptune, blows through a shell to calm or rouse the sea, Ov. M. 2, 8; 1, 333 sq.; 13, 919; Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78; 2, 35, 89; Luc. 9, 348; Hyg. Astr. 2, 23 fin.—Plur.: Tritones, sea-gods that serve the other gods, Verg. A. 5, 824; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 26.—
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  • • 1 A humorous designation of a lover of fish-ponds: piscinarum Tritones, qs. fish-pond gods, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.—
    • 2 A sea-fish of the genus pelamides, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 144.—
    • 3 The name of a ship, Verg. A. 10, 209.—
• II A river and lake in Africa, near the Lesser Syrtis, where, according to Egypto-Grecian fables, Minerva was born, Mel. 1, 7, 4; Luc. 9, 347; Stat. Th. 2, 722; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 36; Sid. Carm. 15, 5.—Hence,
• • • 1 Trītōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lake Triton, Tritonian: Pallas, Verg. A. 5, 704; also, virgo, id. ib. 11, 483; more freq., absol.: Trītō-nĭa, ae, f., Minerva, Verg. A. 2, 171; Ov. M. 2, 783; 5, 250; 5, 270; 6, 1; id. F. 6, 655 et saep.—Also, Trītōnĭda, ae, Mart. Cap. 9, § 893.—
    • 2 Trītōnĭăcus, a, um, adj., Tritonian: palus, a miry sea near Pallene, in Macedonia, Ov. M. 15, 358: harundo, i. e. the tibia invented by Pallas, id. ib. 6, 384.—
    • 3 Trītōnis, ĭdis or ĭdos, f. adj., of or belonging to Lake Triton; or, transf., to Pallas, Palladian: palus, Lake Triton, Sil. 3, 322: Pallas, Lucr. 6, 750: arx, the citadel of Pallas, i. e. Athens, Ov. M. 2, 794: urbs, id. ib. 5, 645: pinus, i. e. the ship Argo, built at the suggestion of Pallas, id. H. 6, 47.—As subst.: Trītōnis, ĭdis or ĭdos, f.
    • 1 Lake Triton, Sil. 9, 297; Stat. Th. 7, 185.—
    • 2 Pallas, Verg. A. 2, 226; Ov. M. 3, 127; 8, 547: Tritonide fertiles Athenae, i. e. the olive-tree planted by Pallas, Stat. S. 2, 7, 28.

Tritōn, ōnis, m. (Τρίτων), I) Triton, Sohn Neptuns und der Nymphe Galacia, ein Dämon des Mittelmeeres, der mit Rossen oder Meerungeheuern daherfährt, 1) eig., Ov. her. 7, 50. Claud. VI. cons. Hon. 379 sq. Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 78: der auf Geheiß Neptuns auf einer Muschel bläst, um die empörten Fluten zu besänftigen, Ov. met. 1, 333; od. die ruhigen Meereswellen aufzuregen, Acc. tr. 400. Verg. Aen. 10, 209 sq. (als Abzeichen eines Schiffes). Ov. am. 2, 11, 27; im Gigantenkampfe, die Feinde in Schrecken zu setzen, Hygin. astr. 2, 23 extr. – Plur. Tritones als anderen Gottheiten dienende Meerdämonen, Verg. Aen. 5, 824. Plin. 36, 26. – 2) scherzh. übtr., v. Fischteichliebhabern, isti piscinarum Tritones, gleichs. Fischteichgötter, Cic. ad Att. 2, 9, 1. – II) Name zweier Seen, A) ein See und der sich in ihn ergießende Fluß in Afrika an der kleinen Syrte, j. der See el Lodiah in Tripolis, nach ägyptisch-griechischen Sagen die Wiege mehrerer Götter, bes. der Pallas (Minerva), Mela 1, 7, 4 (1. § 36). Lucan. 9, 347 (griech. Genet. -tonos). Stat. Theb. 2, 722. – Dav.: a) Trītōniacus, a, um (Τριτωνιακός), tritoniacisch, poet. = pallantëisch, arundo, die von der Pallas erfundene tibia, Ov. met. 6, 384. – b) Trītōnida, ae, f. (Nbf. v. Tritonis) = Pallas, Mart. Cap. 9. § 893 u. § 924 (wo Akk. -dam). – c) Trītōnis, idis u. idos, Akk. ida, f. (Τριτωνίς), α) zum Flusse Triton gehörig, tritonisch, Tritonis palus u. bl. Tritonis, der Tritonsee, Sil. (vgl. unten no. B). – Pallas, Lucr.: dies. bl. Tritonis, Verg. u. Ov. – β) zur Pallas gehörig, pallantëisch, pinus, das nach Angabe der Pallas erbaute Schiff Argo, Ov.: arx, die Pallasburg = Athen, Ov.: dah. Tritonis, der der Pallas heilige Ölbaum, Stat. – d) Trītōnius, a, um (Τριτώνιος), tritonisch, Pallas, Verg.: dies. virgo Tritonia, Verg., u. bl. Tritonia, Verg. u. Ov. – B) ein See in Thrazien, worin der, der neunmal in seine Fluten tauchte, in einen Vogel verwandelt wurde, Vib. Sequ. p. 27, 1 Oberl.; ders. Trītōniaca palus gen., Ov. met. 15, 358. Ps. Lact. fab. 15, 26.

Trītōn, (13) ōnis, m. (Τρίτων), ¶ 1 dieu marin, fils de Neptune : Cic. Nat. 1, 78 ; Luc. 9, 348 ; Ov. M. 2, 8 || [fig.] celui qui aime les viviers : Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1 ¶ 2 espèce de poisson : Plin. 32, 144 ¶ 3 nom dʼun bateau : Virg. En. 10, 209 ¶ 4 rivière et lac dʼAfrique : Mela 1, 36 ; Luc. 9, 347.

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Trītōn ōnis, m

• , Τρίτων, a sea-god, son of Neptune, C., O.—Plur, sea-gods, V.: piscinarum Tritones, i. e. lords of fish-ponds.—The Triton (a ship), V.

TRITON

TRITON(ὁ Τρίτων ποταμός, Ptol. 4.3.19, &c.), a river of Libya, forming, according to Ptolemy, the boundary of the Regio Syrtica towards the W. It rose in Mount Vasalaetus, and, flowing in a northerly direction, passed through three lakes, the Libya Palus, the lake Pallas, and the lake Tritonitis (ἡ Τριτωνῖτις λίμνη, Ib. ); after which it fell into the sea in the innermost part of the Syrtis Minor between Macmada and Tacape, but nearer to the latter.

The lake Tritonitis of Ptolemy is called, however, by other writers Tritonis (ἡ Τριτωνὶς λίμνη, Hdt. 4.179). Herodotus seems to confound it with the Lesser Syrtis itself; but Scylax (p. 49), who gives it a circumference of 1000 stadia, describes it as connected with the Syrtis by a narrow opening, and as surrounding a small island,--that called by Herodotus ( Ib. 178) Phla (Φλἁ), which is also mentioned by Strabo (17. p. 836), as containing a temple of Aphrodite, and by Dionysius. ( Perieg. 267.) This lake Tritonis is undoubtedly the. present Schibkah-el-Lovdjah, of which, according to Shaw ( Travels, 1. p. 237), the other two lakes are merely parts; whilst the river Triton is the present El-Hammah. This river, indeed, is no longer connected with the lake (Shaw, Ib. ); a circumstance, however, which affords no essential ground for doubting the identity of the two streams; since in those regions even larger rivers are sometimes compelled by the quicksands to alter their course. (Cf. Ritter, Erdkunde, 1. p. 1017). Scylax (l. c.) mentions also.another island called Tritonos (Τρίτωνος) in the Syrtis Minor, which last itself is, according to him, only part of a large Sinus Tritonites (Τριτωνίτης κόλπος).

Some writers confound the lake Tritonis with the lake of the Hesperides, and seek it in other districts of Libya; sometimes in Mauretania, in the neighbourhood of Mount Atlas and the Atlantic Ocean, sometimes in Cyrenaica near Berenice and the river Lathon or Lethon. The latter hypothesis is adopted by Lucan (Luc. 9.346, seq.), the former by Diodorus Siculus (3.53), who also attributes to it an island inhabited by the Amazons.. But Strabo (l. c.) especially distinguishes the lake of the Hesperides from the lake Tritonis.

With this lake is connected the question of the epithet Tritogeneia, applied to Pallas as early as the days of Homer and Hesiod. But though the Libyan river and lake were much renowned in ancient times (cf. Aeschyl. Eum.293; Eurip. Ion, 872, seq.; Pind. Pyth. iv.. 36, &c.), and the application of the name of Pallas to the lake connected with the Tritonis seems to point to these African waters as having given origin to the epithet, it is nevertheless most probable that the brook Triton near Alalcomenae in Boeotia has the best pretensions to that distinction. (Cf. Paus. 9.33.5; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 1.109,. 4.1315; Müller, Orchomenos, p. 355; Leake, Northern Greecevol. 2. p. 136, seq.; Kruse, Hellas, vol. ii. pt. 1 p. 475.

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TRITON

TRITON(Τρίτων, Diod. 5.72), a river of Crete at the source of which Athene was said to have been born. From its connection with the Omphalian plain, it is identified with the river discharging itself into the sea on the N. coast of the island which is called Platypérama, but changes its name to Ghiófiroas it approaches the shore. (Pashley, Travels, vol. 1. p. 225.)

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TRITON

TRITON(Τρίτων,), a river of Boeotia. [Vol. 1. p. 413, a.}

Triton

(Τρίτων). The son of Poseidon and Amphitrité (or Celaeno), and described as living with them in a golden palace in the depths of the sea. The mythical Lake Tritonis, near the Mediterranean coast of Libya, was regarded as his peculiar abode, especially in the story of the Argonauts. He was represented as a man in his upper parts, terminating in a dolphin's tail; his special attribute is a twisted sea-shell, on which he blows, now violently, now gently, to raise or calm the billows. In the course of time there grew up the notion of a large number of Tritons, all represented as beings of double form and sometimes with the fore-feet of a horse as well as a human body and a fish's tail (called Centaurotritones or Ichthyotauri). They were, however, always regarded as attendants on the other sea-gods while riding or driving over the waves; and they were represented accordingly in works of art. See Dressler, Triton und die Tritonen (Würzen, 1892).

Triton

(Τρίτων), Tritōnis (Τριτωνίς), or Tritonītis (Τριτωνῖτις) Palus. A river and lake on the Mediterranean coast of Libya, which are mentioned in several old Greek legends, especially in the mythology of Athené, whom one account represented as born on Lake Tritonis. (See Trito.) The lake is undoubtedly the great salt lake in the south of Tunis called El-Sibkah. Some of the ancient writers gave an altogether different locality to the legend, and identify the Triton with the river usually called Lathon in Cyrenaïca.

Triton Triton, river in Libya

• Paus. 8.26.6, Paus. 9.33.7
• An alleged river in Libya, flowing into the "Tritonid lake,": Hdt. 4.178
• the lake itself (neither river nor lake is identified): Hdt. 4.186
• river, Athena born at the: Apollod. 1.3.6
• brings up Athena: Apollod. 3.12.3
• son of Poseidon and Amphitrite: Apollod. 1.4.5
• a deity of the sea, his guidance of Jason: Hdt. 4.179
• his cult in Libya: Hdt. 4.188

Triton(2), torrent at Alalcomenae in Boeotia

• Paus. 9.33.7