LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Smintheus

Meaning

  1. an epithet of Apollo

Smintheus or Zmin- (dissyl.), ĕi, m., = Σμινθεύς,
I. an epithet of Apollo (from the Cretan σμίνθος, mouse, i. e. the mousekiller; or, as Aristarchus asserts, from Smintha (Σμίνθη), a town in the Troad, the Sminthean, Lact. 1, 7, 9; Ov. F. 6, 425; acc. Sminthea, id. M. 12, 585.—Hence,
1. Sminthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Smintheus: spolia, i. e. Astynome, daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo, Sen. Agam. 176.—
2. Sminthius (Zmin-), a, um, adj., of Smintheus: mures (acc. to the myth, killed by Apollo), Arn. 3, 119; Dict. Cret. 14; 47: templum, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologySmintheusSmintheus (Σμινθεύς), a surname of Apollo, which is derived by some from σμίνθος, a mouse, and by others from the town of Sminthe in Troas (Horn. Il. …

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What does Smintheus mean in Latin?
Smintheus, a proper noun, means “an epithet of Apollo”.