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noun

Oeā^grus

gen. Oeā^gri · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
a king of; Thrace; the father of Orpheus
a king of Thrace, the father of Orpheus, Ov Ib. 484; Hyg. Fab. 14.—Hence,
Œagrian; Thracian poetic •
Oeā^grĭus, a, um, adj., = Οἰάγριος, Œagrian, poet. for Thracian: Oeagrius Hebrus, Verg. G. 4, 524: Haemus, where Orpheus was torn in pieces, Ov. M. 2, 219: dulcius Oeagrios pulsabat pectine nervos, played on the cithara like Orpheus, Sil. 4, 463.
Perseus ID: n32294 Key: Oeagrus