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Lyaeus

Lyaeus, Lyaeus, deliverer from care, a surname of Bacchus

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Lyaeus , ī, m.: the wine-god, Bacchus, 4.58.
Lyaeus, i, m., = Λυαῖος, Lyaeus, the relaxer, unbender, deliverer from care.
  • I A surname of Bacchus: patri Lyaeo, Verg. A. 4, 58: corniger Lyaeus, Ov. Am. 3, 15, 17; id. M. 4, 11; 8, 274; 11, 68; Verg. G. 2, 229 al.—
  • II Transf., wine: uda Lyaeo Tempora, Hor. C. 1, 7, 22: Curam Dulci Lyaeo solvere, id. Epod. 9, 37: illic apposito narrabis multa Lyaeo, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 49.— Hence, Lyaeus, a, um, adj.: regales inter mensas laticemque Lyaeum, the Lyaean liquid, i.e. wine, Verg. A. 1, 686.

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