Gortȳna, ae, and Gortȳne, ēs (also Cortȳnia, ae, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; and Gortyn, nos, acc. to the Gr. Γόρτυν, Val. Fl. 1, 709), f., = Γορτύνη, an important and very ancient city of Crete, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59; 12, 1, 5, § 11; Luc. 3, 186; Sen. Troad. 821.

— Derivv. Gortȳnius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Gortyna, Gortynian; and poet., in gen., for Cretan (cf. Gnosius, under Gnosus, II. A.): judex, of Gortyna, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13: canis, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2: stabula, Verg. E. 6, 60: spicula, id. A. 11, 773: arbiter, i. e. Minos, Stat. Th. 4, 530: aliger, i. e. Daedalus, Aus. Idyll. 10, 300.

—In Plur.: Gortȳnii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gortyna, Gortynians, Liv. 33, 3; 37, 60.

— Gortȳniacus, a, um, adj., Gortynian, Cretan: arcus, Ov. M. 7, 778.

— Gortȳnis, idis, f., adj., the same: arundo, Luc. 6, 214.