Tyrrheus
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
Tyrrhīdae, ārum, m.: the sons of Tyrrheus, 7.484. (Tyrrheus)
Tyrrheus (dissyll.) (dissyll.), eī, m., and Tyrrhus, ī, m.: a shepherd of Latium, in the service of Latinus, 7.532, et al.
Tyrrheus (dissyl.), ĕi, or Tyrrhus, i, m.,
- the shepherd of King Latinus, Verg. A. 7, 485.
- —Hence, Tyrrhīdae, ārum, m., the sons of Tyrrheus, Verg. A. 7, 484.
Tyrrheus
a shepherd of king Latinus. Ascanius once. while hunting, killed a tame stag belonging to Tyrrheus. whereupon the country people took up arms, which was the first conflict in Italy between the natives and the Trojan settlers. (Verg. A. 7.483, &c., 9.28.) [L.S]