Thermodontius

Thermōdon, ontis, m., = Thermôdôn, a river of Pontus, on which dwelt the Amazons, now Termeh Tchai, Mel. 1, 19, 9; Plin. 6, 3, 4, § 10; Verg. A. 11, 659; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 71; Ov. M. 2, 249; id. P. 4, 10, 51; Sil. 8, 432; Just. 2, 4, 2.—Hence,

A.

Thermōdon-tēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Thermodon, Thermodontean; poet. for Amazonian:

agri,

Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 14 (Müll. Thermodontiacis).—

B.

Thermōdontĭ-ăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

turmae,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 56:

bipennis,

i. e. of Penthesilea, the queen of the Amazons, Ov. M. 12, 611; cf.

securis,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 66:

aurum,

of Hippolyte, Ov. M. 9, 189.—

C.

Thermō-dontĭus, a, um, adj., the same:

ripae,

Sen. Med. 215:

hostis,

id. Herc. Oet. 21.