Tityrus

Tītyrus, i, m.

• Lit., the name of a shepherd in Virgil’s Eclogues, Verg. E. 1.—
• II Transf.
• • A For a shepherd in gen., Verg. E. 8, 55.—
  • B As a designation of Virgil’s Eclogues, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 25. —
  • C As a designation of Virgil himself, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 72.

Tītyrus, ī, m. (Τίτυρος, dorisch = Σάτυρος), I) der Name eines Hirten in Vergils u. Kalpurnius' Hirtengedichten, Verg. ecl. 1, 1 sqq. Calp. ecl. 3, 19 u.a.: griech. Akk. Tityron, Calp. ecl. 4, 161. – (poet.) meton., a) = die Bucolica Vergils, Ov. am. 1, 15, 25. – b) = Vergil selbst, Prop. 2, 34, 72. – II) übtr., der Hirt, sit Tityrus Orpheus, Verg. ecl. 8, 55.

1 Tītўrus, ī, m. (Τίτυρος), Tityre [nom de berger] : Virg. B. 1 || [dʼoù, poét., = les Bucoliques] Ov. Am. 1, 15, 25 ; [= Virgile] Prop. 2, 34, 72 ; [= un berger] Virg. B. 8, 55.

Tītyrus ī, m

• a shepherd, V.: Tityrus et fruges legentur, i. e. Vergil's Eclogues and Georgics, O.

TITYRUS

TITYRUS (Τίτυρος, Strab. 10. p. 479), a mountain in the NW. part of Crete, not far from Cydonia. Upon it was the sanctuary or temple called Dictynnaeum. (Strab. ib.) One of its spurs formed the headland also called Tityrus (Stadiasm. p. 302) or Psacum. (Cape Spada. )

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