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LNS

Rhoetēus, Rhoetēa, Rhoetēum

Rhoeteus

Ῥοιτειος,

adjective (2-1-2)

of or belonging to the promontory of Rhaeteum
Rhaetean
of or belonging to Troy
Trojan

Abbreviations

Rhoetēus, a, um, adj., = Ῥοιτειος, of or belonging to the promontory of Rhaeteum, Rhaetean: profundum, the sea that washes it, Ov. M. 11, 197; cf. litora, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 125; and subst.: Rhoeteum rapax, Ov. F. 4, 279.

— Hence poet., in gen., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan: ductor, i. e. Aeneas, Verg. A. 12, 456: litora, Luc. 6, 351: fata, Sil. 1, 115.

— Collat. form Rhoetē-ius, a, um, adj., Trojan, and transf. for Roman: regna, Sil. 7, 431: pubes, id. 9, 621: lancea, id. 17, 197.