LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Ĭtys

Meaning

  1. Son of Tereus and Progne; he was killed by his mother and served up to his father for food; whereupon he was changed into a pheasant

Ĭtys, Itўos, Itўn or Itўm, m., = Ἴτυς.
I. Son of Tereus and Progne; he was killed by his mother and served up to his father for food; whereupon he was changed into a pheasant, Progne into a swallow, and Tereus into an owl, Ov. M. 6, 652 sq.—
II. A Trojan, slain by Turnus, Verg. A. 9, 574; Prop. 3, 10, 10.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyItysItys in Britain, mentioned by Ptolemy (2.3.1) as a river lying north of the Epidian promontory (Mull of Cantyre), with the river Longus between. As th…

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What does Ĭtys mean in Latin?
Ĭtys, a proper noun, means “Son of Tereus and Progne; he was killed by his mother and served up to his father for food; whereupon he was changed into a pheasant”.