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Ariadna

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Ariadnae Proper-name noun: feminine nominative plural, Proper-name noun: feminine vocative plural, Proper-name noun: feminine genitive singular, Proper-name noun: feminine dative singular of Ariadna

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Ărĭadna, ae (nom. Ariadna, Cat. 64, 54; Prop. 2, 3, 18; Ov. A. A. 3, 35: Ariadne, Hyg. Fab. 255; 270: gen. ARIADNES, Corp. Inscr. 5, 3782: acc. Ariadnen, Hyg. Fab. 43; 224: abl. Ariadne, id. ib. 42), f.,
  • = Ἀριάδνη, daughter of Minos, king of Crete, who extricated Theseus from the Labyrinth, and accompanied him on his return to Greece, but was deserted by him at Naxos, where Bacchus fell in love with her and placed her crown as a constellation in the heavens, Ov. A. A. 3, 35 (cf. id. H. 10); id. F. 3, 462; Prop. 3, 17, 8; 2, 3, 18.—Also in prose, Mel. 2, 7, 12.
  • —Hence, Ărĭadnae-us, a, um, adj., = Ἀριαδναῖος, of or pertaining to Ariadne, Ariadnaean: sidus, Ov. F. 5, 346: corona, Manil. 5, 21.

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