Mycenaeus

Mycenaeus
Mycēnae, ārum, or Mycēna, ae, and Mycēne, ēs, f., = Mukênai, Mukênê, a celebrated city in Argolis, of which Agamemnon was king:

Agamemnoniaeque Mycenae,

Verg. A. 6, 838; Ov. M. 6, 414; 15, 426 al.:

deprensus urbe Mycenae,

Verg. A. 5, 52:

Diti sacrata,

Auct. Priap. 77:

ante Agamemnoniam... Mycenen,

Sil. 1, 27.—
II.
Derivv.
A.
Mycēnaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mycenæ, Mycenæan:

ductor,

i. e. Agamemnon, Verg. A. 11, 266:

teque, Mycenaeo, Phoebas, amata duci,

i. e. Cassandra, beloved by Agamemnon, king of Mycenæ, Ov. Tr. 2, 400:

manus, i. e. Agamemnonis,

id. H. 5, 2:

rates,

the Grecian fleet, under the command of Agamemnon, Prop. 3, 15, 32.—
B.
Mycēnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mycenæ, Mycenæan.—In plur.: Mycēnenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Mycenæ, the Mycenæans, Cic. poët. Fin. 2, 6, 18.—
C.
Mycēnis, ĭdis, f., the Mycenæan, i. e. Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon:

suppositā fertur mutāsse Mycenida cervā,

Ov. M. 12, 34.

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

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  • MYCENAE — urbs Peloponnesi, quam Perseus Danai fil. exstruxit, in qua regnavit Agamemnon. Inde Virg. Aen. l. 6. v. 838. Agamemnoniasque Mycenas. Idem Aen. l. 2. v. 331. Milia quot magnis numquam venêre Mycenis. pelopeiades Mycenas vocat Ovid. Fast. l. 3. v …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Mycenaean — 1590s, pertaining to Mycenae, the ancient city on the Argive plain, from L. Mycenaeus, from Gk. Mykenaios of Mycenae, from Mykenai. In reference to the Aegean civilization that flourished 1500 1100 B.C.E. and was centered on Mycenae, it is from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Mycenaean — adj. & n. adj. Archaeol. of or relating to the late Bronze Age civilization in Greece (c.1500 1100 BC), depicted in the Homeric poems and represented by finds at Mycenae and elsewhere. n. an inhabitant of Mycenae or the Mycenaean world. Etymology …   Useful english dictionary

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