proper noun
Ismărus
Meaning
- a mountain on the southern coast of Thrace
Ismărus, i, m., or Ismăra, ōrum, n., = Ἴσμαρος,
I. a mountain on the southern coast of Thrace:
Ismara propter, Lucr. 5, 31: juvat Ismara Baccho conserere, Verg. G. 2, 37; Stat. Th. 7, 685.—Form Ismarus: Rhodope miratur et Ismarus Orphea, Verg. E. 6, 30.—B. Transf., the city at the foot of the mountain, and the territory belonging to it:
quos Idas pater, et patria Ismara mittit, Verg. A. 10, 351: Castra decem annorum, Ciconum manus, Ismara capta, Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 25.—II. Derivv. Ismărĭ-cus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ismarus, Ismarian:
Aquilo, Avien. Perieg. 33. — B. Ismărĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ismarus, Ismarian, Thracian:
gentes, Ov. M. 10, 305: juga, id. F. 3, 410: Bacchae, id. M. 9, 642: rex, i. e. Polymestor, king of Thrace, id. ib. 13, 530: vallis, the valley where Orpheus drew the wild beasts after him by the sound of his lyre, Prop. 2, 13, 6 (3, 4, 6).In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyIsmarusIsmarus (Ἴσμαρος), a mountain rising on the east of lake Ismaris, on the south coast of Thrace (Virg. El. 6.30, Georg. 2.37; Propert. 2.13. 5. 3.12. 2…Biography & mythologyIsmarusIsmarus (Ἴσμαρος), a son of Eumolpus, is said to have fled with his father from Aethiopia to Thrace, and from thence to Eleusis. (Apollod. 3.15.4.) Th…