Thesides

Thēseus (dissyl.), -ĕï;, and -ĕos, m., = Thêseus, a king of Athens, son of Ægeus (acc. to others, of Neptune ) and Æthra; husband of Ariadne, and afterwards of Phædra; father of Hippolytus, by the Amazon Hippolyte; friend of Pirithoüs; conqueror of the highway-robbers Periphetes, Sinnis, etc., and of the Minotaur, Ov. M. 7, 433 sq.; id. H. 10, 3; Stat. Th. 12, 576; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; 3, 31, 76; id. Fin. 1, 20, 65; Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 7; Ov. F. 6, 737; Verg. A. 6, 618; Hor. C. 4, 7, 27 al.—Hence,

A.

Thēsēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Theseus, Thesean:

carina,

Prop. 1, 3, 1:

laus,

Ov. M. 8, 263:

fides,

id. Tr. 1, 3, 66:

crimen,

i. e. the desertion of Ariadne, id. F. 3, 460; id. A. A. 3, 459.— Transf., poet., for Athenian:

via,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 24:

Hymettus,

Mart. 13, 104, 1:

favi,

id. 4, 13, 4.—

B.

Thēsēïus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Theseus:

heros,

i. e. Hippolytus, Ov. M. 15, 492:

dicta,

Stat. Th. 12, 681:

Troezen,

ruled by the ancestors of Theseus, id. ib. 4, 81.—

C.

Thēsīdes, ae, m., the offspring of Theseus, i. e. Hippolytus, Ov. H. 4, 65; Aus. Epigr. 20. — Transf., poet., for an Athenian, Verg. G. 2, 383.—

D.

Thēsēis, ĭdis, f., the title of a poem concerning Theseus, Juv. 1, 2.