Lyncides

Lynceus (dissyl.), ĕi ( gen. Lyncei, dissyl., Hor. S. 1, 2, 90 Orell. ad loc.; voc. Lynceu, Prop. 3, 32, 9), m., = Lunkeus, a Messenian, and one of the Argonauts, brother of Idas, and son of Aphareus, famed for the sharpness of his sight:

non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28:

Lyncei oculi,

id. S. 1, 2, 90; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 462; Hyg. Fab. 14; Val. Max. 1, 8, n. 14; Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 78; Ov. F. 5, 711; Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 9.—Hence,

I.

Lyncēus, a, um, adj., = Lunkeios, of Lynceus, Lyncean, Ov. F. 5, 709.—

b.

Transf., sharp-sighted:

quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat,

Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2.—

2.

Lyncī-des, ae, m., a descendant of Lynceus, Ov. M. 5, 99; 4, 767.—

II.

A son of Ægyptus, and husband of Hypermnestra, who alone was saved by his wife when all his brothers were put to death, Ov. H 14, 123; Hyg. Fab. 273.—

III.

Son of Thestius, and brother of Althæa, who was slain by Meleager, Hyg. Fab. 173; 174.—

IV.

One of the companions of Æneas; acc. Lyncĕă, Verg. A. 9, 768.