Messapus
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
Messāpus, ī, m.: a Latin chief, allied with Turnus, 7.691, et al.
Messāpus (Mesāp-), i, m.,
- a mythic prince in Messapia, Verg. A. 7, 691; cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Messapia, p. 125 Müll.
Messāpus, ī, m., ein Fürst in Apulien od. Kalabrien, Verg. Aen. 7, 691.
Messāpus, (12) ī, m. , Messape [fils de Neptune] : Virg. En. 7, 691.
Messa'pus
(Μέσσαπος).
1. A Boeotian, from whom Mount Messapion, on the coast of Boeotia, and Messapia (also called Iapygia), in southern Italy, were believed to have derived their names. (Strab. ix. p.405.)
Messa'pus
2. A son of Neptune and king of Etruria, who was invulnerable, and a famous tamer of horses. (Verg. A. 7.691, &c., with the note of Servius.) [L.S]