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LNS

Thestius, Thestiī

Thestius

Θέστιος,

noun (m., 2^nd -IUS declension)

a king of Aetolia, father of Leda and Althaea, and of Plexippus and Toxeus

Abbreviations

Thestius, ii, m., = Θέστιος, a king of Aetolia, father of Leda and Althaea, and of Plexippus and Toxeus, Ov. M. 8, 487; Hyg. Fab. 77; 155; 174.

—Hence, Thestia-des, ae, m., a (male) descendant of Thestius: duo, i. e. Plexippus and Toxeus, Ov. M. 8, 304 and 434: respice Thestiaden, i. e. Meleager, son of Althaea, id. F. 5, 305.

— Thestias, adis, f., the daughter of Thestius, i. e. Althaea, Ov. M. 8, 452; 8, 473; id. Tr. 1, 7, 18.