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LNS

Lamus, Lamī

Lamus

Λάμος

noun (m., 3^rd Greek declension)

A mythic king of the Laestrygonians, a son of Neptune, and the founder of Formiae
A son of Hercules and Omphale
The name of a horse

Abbreviations

Lamus, i, m., = Λάμος. A mythic king of the Laestrygonians, a son of Neptune, and the founder of Formiae, Hor. C. 3, 17, 1; Sil. 8, 530; hence, urbs Lami, i. e. Formiae, Ov. M. 14, 233.

— A son of Hercules and Omphale, Ov. H. 9, 54.

— The name of a horse, Sil. 16, 474.