Dictynnaeus

Dictynnaeus
Dictynna, ae, f., Diktunna.
I.
The nymph Britomartis, so called because, when pursued by Minos, she sprang into a net (diktuon; cf.

Callim. Hymn. Dian. 189 sq.),

 Verg. Cir. 304.—
II.
An appellation of Diana, Ov. M. 2, 441; 5, 619; id. F. 6, 755; Tib. 1, 4, 25; Stat. Th. 9, 632.—Hence,
A.
Dictynnaeum ( -nēum ), i, n., a place sacred to the goddess Dictynna, near Sparta, Liv. 34, 38, 5.—
B.
Dictynnaeus mons (to Diktunnaion), a promontory on the N. W. coast of Crete, where a temple of Diana stood, now Cape Sparta, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 60; Sol. 11, 6.—
III.
A city near the temple of Diana in Crete, Mel. 2, 7, 12.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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  • DICTYNNAEUS mons et prom. Cretae — ad occid. latus Insulae, in quo olim Dictynnae templum, uti vidimus supra in voce Dicte. Δίκταμον dicitur ptol. corrupte pro Δικτυνναῖον , sicqueve etiamnum montem Graeci appellant. Vide Salmas. ubi supra p. 891. ut et in voce Dictynna …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • DICTE vel DICTAEUS — DICTE, vel DICTAEUS inter montes albos Cretae, in Orient. eius latere; mille ab idaeo passibus: a quo Dictynnaeus diversus, qui ad Occid. est. Dicaearchus de Cretaemontibus. Ο῎ρος τε Δικτυνναῖον ἐπὶ δυϚμὰς φέρον. Et in hoc Dictynna fuit templum,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • DICTYNNA — Nympha Cretensis, quae casses venatorios prima creditur inventsse; unde Dictynna dicta, cum antea Britomartis appellaretur. Ferunt autem, hanc in Creta Dianae consuetudine familiarissime usam fuisse, quae ipsa ob id a Poetis nonnumquam Dictynna… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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