noun

Pygmălĭon

gen. Pygmăliōnis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

= Πυγμαλίων.

Grandson of Agenor; who became enamoured of a statue he had made; and to which

Grandson of Agenor, who became enamoured of a statue he had made, and to which, at his earnest petition, Venus gave life, Ov. M. 10, 243 sq.; Arn. 6, 206.—

Son of Belus; king of Tyre; and brother of Dido

Son of Belus, king of Tyre, and brother of Dido, Verg. A. 1, 347; Just. 18, 4, 3; 11.—Hence,

Pygmalionian; Phœnician; Carthaginian poetic •

Pygmălĭōnēus, a, um, adj., Pygmalionian, poet. for Phœnician: terra, Sil. 1, 21; also for Carthaginian, id. 6, 532.

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