Definition of Laestrygon, Lestrygon
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Laestrȳgon, Laestrȳgonis
(Lestrȳgon, Lestrȳgonis)
Laestrygon, Lestrygon, Laestrygones
Λαιστρυγόνες
noun (m., 3rd Greek declension)
  1. an ancient people of Italy, originally in Campania, in the region around Formiae, and afterwards in Sicily, who are fabled to have been savages and cannibals
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Laestrȳgon (Lestr-), onis, m., more freq. in plur.: Laestrȳgones, um, m., = Λαιστρυγόνες, an ancient people of Italy, originally in Campania, in the region around Formiae, and afterwards in Sicily, who are fabled to have been savages and cannibals, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; 7, 1, 2, § 9; Gell. 15, 21; Juv. 15, 18; Mart. Cap. 6, § 641.

—In sing., Ov. M. 14, 233.

—Of Laestrygonians in Sicily, Sil. 14, 125.

—Hence, Laestrȳgonius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Laestrygonians, Laestrygonian. In Formiae: domus, i. e. Formiae, Ov. Ib. 390; cf.: rupes, in Formiae, Sil. 7, 276: amphora, i. e. Campanian, Hor. C. 3, 16, 34.

— In Sicily: campi, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89.
 
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