- Atalante
- Ătălanta, ae ( -ē, ēs, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 29; id. A. A. 3, 775), f., = Atalantê.I.A daughter of King Schœneus, in Bœotia, distinguished for her swiftness in running, conquered by Hippomenes (acc. to others, by Milanion ) by stratagem, and married by him, Ov. M. 10, 565 sqq.; 10, 598 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 185; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 113.—II.A daughter of Iasius of Arcadia, a participant in the Calydonian boar-hunt, and passionately loved by Meleager, Ov. H. 4, 99 (called, id. M. 8, 380, Tegeaea; and id. ib. 8, 426, Nonacria, v. h. v.).—III.Derivv.A.Ătălantaeus or -ēus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Atalanta:B.
aures,
Stat. Th. 4, 309:labores,
Manil. 5, 179:Schoenos,
a town in Arcadia, in the vicinity of which Atalanta established foot-races, Stat. Th. 7, 267.—Ătălantĭădes, ae, m., a son of Atalanta and Meleager, i. e. Parthenopœus, Stat. Th. 7, 789.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.