proper noun
Hўantes
Meaning
- the Hyantes
Hўantes, um, m., = Ὕαντες,
I. the Hyantes, an old name of the Bœotians, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 26.—
II. Derivv.
A. Hўan-tēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hyantes (Bœotians), Hyantean, Bœotian:
Iolāus, Ov. M. 8, 310: Aganippe, id. ib. 5, 312: aqua, i. e. Castalian, Mart. 12, 3, 12.— B. Hўantĭus, a, um, adj., the same:
sorores, i. e. the Muses, Stat. S. 2, 7, 8; cf. Camenae, Sid. Ep. 8, 9 in carm.: juvenis, i. e. Actœon, as grandson of Cadmus, Ov. M. 3, 147.