Definition of Orphaicus
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LNS
Orphaicus, Orphaica, Orphaicum
Orphicus
Ὀρφαικός
adjective (2-1-2)
  1. Orphic
Abbreviations
Orpheus (dissyl.), i (Gr. dat. Orphei, Verg. E. 4, 57; Gr. acc. Orphea, Verg. E. 6, 30; Ov. P. 3, 3, 41: Orphēā, id. M. 10, 3; voc. Orpheu, Verg. G. 4, 494; Ov. M. 11, 44), m., = Ὀρφεύς, the famous mythic singer of Thrace, son of Oeagrus and Calliope, and husband of Eurydice; after her death he led her back from the Lower World, but lost her on turning to look at her, breaking his promise to Pluto. He was one of the Argonauts, Hor. C. 1, 12, 8; Ov. M. 10, 3 sq.; 11, 5 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 164; 251; Verg. E. 4, 55; Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 107 et saep.

—Hence, Or-phēus, a, um, adj., = Ὀρφεῖος, of or belonging to Orpheus, Orphean (poet.): vox, Ov. M. 10, 3: lyra, Prop. 1, 3, 42.

— Or-phicus, a, um, adj., = Ὀρφικός, of or belonging to Orpheus, Orphic (class.): carmen, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 107: sacra Orphica, id. 3, 23, 58: versus, Macr. S. 1, 18, 17.

Orphaicus, a, um, adj., = Ὀρφαικός, Orphic.

—In plur. subst.: Orphaici, ōrum, m., the Orphics, the followers of Orpheus, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12.
 
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