Sychaeus
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
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Sychaei Proper-name adjective: masculine vocative plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter genitive singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine nominative plural, Proper-name noun: masculine nominative plural, Proper-name noun: masculine genitive singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine genitive singular, Proper-name noun: masculine vocative plural of Sychaeus
- Sychaeus, husband of Dido, Verg. A. 1, 343; 1, 720; 4, 20; 4, 502; 4, 632; 6, 474; Ov. H. 7, 97 sq.
- —Hence, Sychaeus, a, um, adj., of Sychaeus, Verg. A. 4, 552.
or Sichaeus, a wealthy Phoenician and husband of Dido, whose brother Pygmalion, anxious to secure his treasures, treacherously murdered him. (Verg. A. 1.347, &c., 4.20, 502, 532, 632, 6.474; Justin, 18.4, calls him Acerbas, and represents the matter somewhat differently from the account in Virgil.) [L.S]
See Dido; Sichaeus.