proper noun
Sўmaethum
Meaning
- a river and town situated upon it on the east coast of Sicily
Sўmaethum, i, n., or Sўmaethus i, m., = Σύμαιθος,
I. a river and town situated upon it on the east coast of Sicily, near Catina, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89; Sil. 14, 231; 9, 410; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 584.—Hence,
A. Sȳ^-maethĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Symæthus, Symæthian:
flumina, Verg. A. 9, 584: heros, i. e. Acis, son of the nymph of the Symæthus, Ov. M. 13, 879.—As subst.: Sўmaethĭi, ōrum, m., the dwellers on the Symæthus, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.—B. Sўmae-thēus, a, um, adj., Symæthian:
aquae, Ov. F. 4, 472. —