noun

Măchāon

gen. Măchaŏnis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

son of Æsculapius, a famous surgeon of the Greeks; before Troy

son of Æsculapius, a famous surgeon of the Greeks before Troy, Cels. praef.; Prop. 2, 1, 61; Verg. A. 2, 263; Ov. P. 3, 4, 7 al.—

plur., surgeons, physicians by extension •

Transf., in plur., surgeons, physicians: quid tibi cum medicis? dimitte Machaonas omnes, Mart. 2, 16, 5.—Hence,

adj., of; belonging to Machaon •

Ma-chāŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Machaon: ars, i. e. the art of surgery, Sid. Ep. 2, 12.—

adj., of; belonging to Machaon, Machaonian, surgical •

Măchāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Machaon, Machaonian, surgical: Machaoniā ope sanus, Ov. R. Am. 546: sucus, Stat. S. 1, 4, 114.

Perseus ID: n27464 Key: Machaon