Oileus

Ŏīleus (trisyl.), ĕi (ēī) and ĕŏs, m., = Oïleus.

I.

A king of Locris, father of the Ajax who violated Cassandra, and who was called, from his parentage, Ajax Oilei (to distinguish him from Ajax Telamonius), Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 71: nec mihi Oilei proferatur Ajax, Lucil. ap. Non. 158, 12:

unius ab noxam et furias Ajacis Oilei,

Verg. A. 1, 41;

in the form Oileos,

Ov. M. 12, 622:

multos, inquit Antonius, possum tuos Ajaces Oileos nominare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265.— Transf., Ajax:

fulmine et ponto moriens Oileus,

Sen. Med. 662.—

B.

Hence,

1.

Oīlēus, a, um, adj., Oilean:

Ajax,

i. e. the son of Oileus, Hyg. Fab. 81; Dict. Cret. 1, 17.—

2.

Ŏīlĭădes, ae, m., = Oïliadês, the son of Oileus, i. e. Ajax (al. Oilides), Sil. 14, 479.—

3.

Ŏīlīdes, ae, m.:

victor Oilide,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 117 (dub.; Müll. Oiliade).—

II.

One of the Argonauts, Hyg. Fab. 14.