proper nounĂnĭusANIVS☆ KeepMeaninga king and priest at DelosLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879ANIUSLEWIS & SHORTANIUSĂnĭus, ii, m., I. a king and priest at Delos, who hospitably entertained Æneas, Verg. A. 3, 80, ubi, v. Serv.; Ov. M. 13, 632; cf. Lycophr. Cassandr. 570.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyAniusAnius (Ἄνιος), a son of Apollo by Creusa, or according to others by Rhoeo, the daughter of Staphylus, who when her pregnancy became known was exposed …