Dictynneum

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.