adjective
Mopsŏpĭus
Meaning
- belonging to Mopsopia
Mopsŏpĭus, a, um, adj., = Μοψόπιος,
I. of or belonging to Mopsopia (Μοψοπία, an old name of Attica), Mopsopian, Attic, Athenian (only poet.):
Mopsopius juvenis, i. e. Triptolemus, Ov. M. 5, 661: muri, i. e. of Athens, id. ib. 6, 423: urbs, Athens, id. H. 8, 72.—As subst.: Mopsŏpĭa, ae, f.: Mopsopia tota, i. e. all Athens or all Attica, Sen. Hippol. 121; 1276.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mopsopius adj.
Mopsus, mythical king of Athens, Athenian , O.