Pelethronius

Pĕlēthrŏnĭus, a, um, adj.,

• of or belonging to a region of Thessaly inhabited by the Lapithae and Centaurs, Pelethronian: Lapithae, Verg. G. 3, 115: antra, Luc. 6, 386: pinus, a spear cut on the Pelethronian mountains, Stat. Th. 2, 593: Pelethronia cithara, of Achilles (because he, a native of Thessaly, had learned of Chiron the Thessalian to play the cithara), Auct. Priap. 17. —As subst.: pĕlēthrŏnĭa, ae, f., centaury, App. Herb. 34.

Pelethronius, a, um, Name einer Gegend in Thessalien, wo die Zentauren gewohnt haben, pelethronisch, Lapithae, Verg.: Erigdupus, der Zentaur E., Ov.: antra, Lucan.: pinus, Speer, Stat.: cithara, des Zentauren Chiron, Priap. – subst., Pelethronia, ae, f., Tausendgüldenkraut, Ps. Apul. herb. 34.

Pĕlethrŏnĭus, ĭī, m. , roi des Lapithes, inventeur du mors des chevaux : Plin. 7, 202 || -us, a, um, Péléthronien [contrée de Thessalie habitée par les Lapithes], de Thessalie, Thessalien : Virg. G. 3, 115 ; Luc. 6, 387.

Pelethro'nius

the reputed inventor of the bridle and saddle for horses. (Plin. Hist. Nat. 7.56; Hyg. Fab. 274.) [L.S]