Chaonius

Chaonius
Chāŏnes, um, m., = Chaones, a people in the north-west part of Epirus, named after Chaon (v. the preced. art.), the Chaonians, Plin. 4, prooem. § 2; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 334 sq.; acc. plur. Gr. Chaonas, Claud. B. Get. 135; their country was called Chā-ŏnĭa, ae, f., Verg. A. 3, 335 Serv.; Plin. 4, prooem. § 2; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 2; Liv. 32, 5, 9. —
II.
Hence,
A.
Chāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Chaonian; also of Epirus:

campi,

Verg. A. 3, 334:

sinus,

Ov. M. 13, 717:

glans,

Verg. G. 1, 8: pater, i. e. Jupiter, whose oracle was at Dodona, id. ib. 2, 67; cf.

Juppiter,

Val. Fl. 1, 303:

columbae,

which revealed the future at Dodona, Verg. E. 9, 13:

nemus,

i. e. the oak forest, Stat. Th. 6, 99:

truncus,

Val. Fl. 8, 461:

vertex,

Luc. 3, 180:

victus,

i.e. of acorns, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 47.—
B.
Chāŏnis, ĭdis, f. adj., Chaonian:

ales, i.e. columba (v. the preced.),

Ov. A. A. 2, 150:

arbos, i. e. quercus,

id. M. 10, 90:

quercus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1624.

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

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