proper noun
Pittheus
Meaning
- king of Trœzen
Pittheus (dissyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., = Πιτθεύς,
I. king of Trœzen, son of Pelops, and father of Æthra, the mother of Theseus, Ov. M. 8, 622; Hyg. Fab. 37.—Hence,
A. Pitthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pittheus, Pitthean:
Pitthea Troezen, ruled by Pittheus, Ov. M. 15, 296; 506.—C. Pitthēis, ĭdos, f., the Pittheïd, daughter of Pittheus, i. e. Æthra:
Pittheidos Aethrae filius, Ov. H. 10, 131.