LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Encĕlădus

Meaning

  1. one of the giants upon whom Jupiter hurled Ætna

Encĕlădus, i, m., = Ἐγκέλαδος,
I. one of the giants upon whom Jupiter hurled Ætna, Verg. A. 3, 578; 4, 179; Prop. 2, 1, 39; Ov. Am. 3, 12, 27; id. Pont. 2, 2, 11; Stat. Th. 3, 595; Hyg. Fab. praef.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyEnceladusEnceladus (Ἐγκέλαδος), a son of Tartarus and Ge, and one of the hundred-armed giants who made war upon the gods. (Hygin. Fab. Praef. p. 1; Virg. Aen. …

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What does Encĕlădus mean in Latin?
Encĕlădus, a proper noun, means “one of the giants upon whom Jupiter hurled Ætna”.