Inachus

Īnăchus or -os, i, m., = Inachos, the first king of Argos, father of Io and Phoroneus, Hor. C. 2, 3, 21; 3, 19, 1; Verg. A. 7, 372; Lact. 1, 11, 20. Also, a river in Argolis named for king Inachus, now Banitza, Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 17; Ov. M. 1, 583; 642 sq.; Verg. A. 7, 792; Stat. Th. 4, 119.—

II.

Derivv.

A.

Īnăchĭus, a, um, adj., Inachian; poet. also, i. q. Argive or Grecian:

juvenca,

i. e. Io. Verg. G. 3, 153;

hence also: bos,

i. e. Isis, identified with Io, Ov. F. 3, 658:

ira,

i. e. of Juno against Io, Petr. 139: Argi ( governed by Inachus, or on the river Inachus ), Verg. A. 7, 286:

undae,

i. e. of the river Inachus, Val. Fl. 4, 397; but also of the Lernean Sea (of Lerna, near Argos), Luc. 4, 634:

rex,

i. e. Adrastus, king of Argos, Stat. Th. 2, 145: litus, i. e. Argolic or Grecian, Ov. F. 5, 656:

urbes,

Verg. A. 11, 286:

natae,

Val. Fl. 8, 148:

Linus (as the son of the Argive Psamathe),

Prop. 2, 13 (3, 4), 8:

Perseus (as the son of the Argive Danaë),

Claud. in Ruf. 1, 278. —

B.

Īnă-chus, a, um, adj., the same:

pubes,

i. e. Grecian, Stat. Th. 8, 363. —

C.

Īnăchĭ-des, ae, m., a male descendant of Inachus; so Perseus (cf. in the preced.), Ov. M. 4, 720; Epaphus (as the son of Io), id. ib. 1, 753; in plur., the Argives, Stat. Th. 3, 365. — Īnăchis, ĭdis, f., Inachian; or subst., a female descendant of Inachus:

ripae,

i. e. of the river Inachus, Ov. M. 1, 640:

Acrisione (as the daughter of the Argive Danaë),

Verg. Cat. 11, 33.— Subst., of lo, Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 4; Ov. F. 1, 454; id. M. 1, 611;

identified with Isis (v. above, under Inachius),

id. ib. 9, 687.—In plur.: Īnăchĭdes, um, female Argives, Claud. B. G. 407.