Melicerta
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Melicertae Proper-name noun: masculine dative singular, Proper-name noun: masculine nominative plural, Proper-name noun: masculine genitive singular, Proper-name noun: masculine vocative plural of Melicerta
Mĕlĭcerta and Mĕlĭcertes, ae, m., = Μελικέρτης,
- son of Ino and the Theban king Athamas. His mother, pursued by her husband in his madness, threw herself into the sea with Melicerta, who became a seagod, called by the Greeks Palaemon, and by the Romans Portunus, Ov. M. 4, 522; cf. Verg. G. 1, 437; Ov. F. 6, 485 sq.; Pers. 5, 103.
Melicerta u. Melicertēs, ae, m. (Μελικέρτης), Sohn der Ino u. des Athamas, mit dem sich die vom rasenden Athamas verfolgte Mutter ins Meer stürzte, worauf er ein Seegott wurde, bei den Griechen Palaemon, bei den Lateinern Portunus genannt, Form -ta, Verg. georg. 1, 437. Ov. met. 4, 522; fast. 6, 494. Pers. 5, 103: Form -tēs, Hyg. fab. 2.
Mĕlĭcerta Virg. , Ov. et Mĕlĭcertēs Hyg. Fab. 2, æ, m. , Mélicerte [dieu marin] : Virg. G. 1, 437 ; Ov. M. 4, 522 ; F. 6, 494.