Αἰτναῖος
Αἰτναῖος, of or belonging to Etna
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Αἰτναῖον proper-name adjective masculine accusative singular, proper-name adjective neuter nominative singular, proper-name adjective neuter vocative singular, proper-name adjective neuter accusative singular of Αἰτναῖος
- of or belonging to Etna (Αἴτνη), Pi. P. 3.69, O. 6.96, A. Pr. 367, etc.; Sicilian, πῶλος S. OC 312; of a beetle, A. Fr. 233, Ar. Pax 73, S. Ichn. 300.
- II αἰτναῖος, ὁ, sea-fish, Opp. H. 1.512.
I
1 etneo, del volcán Etna A.Pr.365, E.Cyc.20, Call.Del.141
• de la región del Etna E.Tr.220
• esp. de cierta raza de caballos
Αἰτναίας ἐπὶ πώλου
2 de la ciudad de Etna Pi.P.3.69; cf. tb.
II
1 Αἰτναῖος κάνθαρος entom. un gran escarabajo o quizá ciervo volador, Lucanus cervus L., A.Fr.233, S.Fr.162, 314.307, Ar.Pax 73.
2 ict. especie de besugo Opp.H.1.512.
- 1of Etna
- a epithet of Zeus, v. Cook, Zeus, p. 908. Ζηνὸς Αἰτναίου κράτος O. 6.96 Ζηνὸς Αἰτναίου χάριν N. 1.6
- b epithet of Hieron. παρʼ Αἰτναῖον ξένον P. 3.69
- c m. pl. as subs. citizens of Aitna μοῖραν δʼ εὔνομον αἰτέω σε παισὶν δαρὸν Αἰτναίων ὀπάζειν N. 9.30
- 1of or belonging to Etna (Αἴτνη), Pind., Aesch., etc.
- 2metaph. like Etna, enormous, Eur.; some explain it so when used of horses, but better Etnean, i. e. Sicilian (for the Sicilian horses were famous), Soph.