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G / Gērўon
noun

Gērўon

gen. Gērуōnis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
and , (cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 90 Müll.; archaic
a mythic king in Spain having three bodies; whose oxen were carried off by Hercules; fin.—Plur •
gen. sing., Geryonaī, Lucr. 5, 28.—Abl. scanned Gērȳŏne, Sid. Carm. 13, 13), m., = Γηρυών and Γηρυόνης, a mythic king in Spain having three bodies, whose oxen were carried off by Hercules, Lucr. 5, 28; Verg. A. 7, 662; 8, 202; Ov. H. 9, 92; Hor. C. 2, 14, 8; Sil. 13, 201; Hyg. Fab. praef. fin.—Plur.: in hac (Erythia insula) Geryones habitasse a quibusdam existimantur, Plin. 4, 22, 36, § 120: Geryonis oraculum, at Patavium, Suet. Tib. 14.—
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Geryonian •
Gērўŏ-nācĕus, a, um, adj., Geryonian: genere Geryonaceo, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 18.—
Geryonian •
Gē-rўŏnēus, a, um, adj., Geryonian: caedes, App. M. 2 fin.
Perseus ID: n19528 Key: Geryon