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Aetōlĭa

gen. Aetōliae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
a province in Middle Greece; between Locri and Acarnania; south of Thessaly
a province in Middle Greece, between Locri and Acarnania, south of Thessaly, Cic. Pis. 37.—Hence,
Ætolian •
Aetōlĭcus, a, um, adj., Ætolian: aper, the Calydonian boar, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 3 (cf. Ov. M. 8, 270 sqq.): bellum, Liv. 37, 6.—*
an Ætolian woman •
Aetōlis, ĭdis, f., = Αἰτωλίς, an Ætolian woman: pulsā Aetolide Dejanirā, Ov. H. 9, 131.—*
Diomedes poetic
Aetōlĭus, a, um, adj., poet. for Ætolicus: heros, i. e. Diomedes, who first reigned in Ætolia, Ov. M. 14, 461.—
Ætolian; of Diomedes; Arpi in Apulia
Ae-tōlus, a, um, adj., = Αἰτωλός, Ætolian: arma, i. e. of Diomedes, who first reigned in Ætolia, Ov. M. 14, 528; so id. R. Am. 159; Sil. 7, 484: urbs, i. e. Arpi in Apulia, built by Diomedes, Verg. A. 11, 239; hence: Arpi Aetoli. id. ib. 10, 28: plagae, hunting-nets, with reference to Meleager and the Calydonian chase, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 46 Schmid.— Hence, Aetōli, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ætolia, Paul. Capt. prol. 24 Fleck.; Liv. 37, 6; Verg. A. 11, 308.
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