Aeētes, Aeētas, or Aeēta, ae, m., = Αἰήτης, king of Colchis, acc. to the fable, son of Sol and Persa, daughter of Oceanus; father of Medea, by whose aid the Argonauts took from him the golden fleece, Cic. N. D. 3, 21; Ov. H. 12, 29, 51; Hyg. 3, 22 and 23; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 140 and 141.

— Hence, Aeētias, iadis, patr. f., daughter of Aeetes, i. e. Medea, Ov. M. 7, 9; 326.

— Aeētīnē, ēs, f., the same as preced. (from Aeetes, as Nerine from Nereus), Ov. H. 6, 103.

—Aeētis, idos, patr. f., = Aeetias, daughter of Aeetes, Val. Fl. 8, 233; Albin. 2, 110.

—Aeētius, a, um, adj., pertaining to Aeetes, = Aeetaeus, Val. Fl. 8, 379.