LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum

proper noun

Hȳlaeus

Meaning

A centaur who offered violence to Atalanta

Hȳlaeus, i, m., = Ὑλαῖος (v. Chandler, Gr. Accent. § 239).

I. A centaur who offered violence to Atalanta, Ov. A. A. 2, 191; Verg. A. 8, 294.—Hence,

B. Hylaeus, a, um, adj., of Hylœus: ramus, Prop. 1, 1, 13: gens, Val. Fl. 6, 74: ille etiam (i. e. Milanion) Hylaei percussus vulnere rami, Prop. 1, 1, 13.—

II. One of Actœon's hounds, Ov. M. 3, 213; Hyg. Fab. 181.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyHylaeusHylaeus (Ὑλαῖος), that is, the woodman, the name of an Arcadian centaur, who was slain by Atalante, when, in conjunction with Rhoetus, he pursued her.…

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What does Hȳlaeus mean in Latin?: Hȳlaeus, a proper noun, means “A centaur who offered violence to Atalanta”.