noun

Thўestes

gen. Thўestae · gender masculine · decl. 1st

son of Pelops and brother of Atreus; who set before him for food the flesh of his own son; he was the father of Ægisthus

son of Pelops and brother of Atreus, who set before him for food the flesh of his own son; he was the father of Ægisthus, Hyg. Fab. 88; Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 25; Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26; Hor. A. P. 91; id. C. 1, 16, 17; Pers. 5, 8.— Hence,

belonging to Thyestes; Thyestean ••

Thўestēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thyestes, Thyestean: Mycenae, Luc. 1, 544: mensa, Ov. P. 4, 6, 47; id. M. 15, 462: exsecratio, Cic. Pis. 19, 43; cf. preces, Hor. Epod. 5, 86: more furere, Sen. Contr. 1, 1 med.—

offspring of Thyestes;

Thўestĭădes, ae, m., the (male) offspring of Thyestes; said of Ægisthus, Ov. A. A. 2, 407; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 113.

Perseus ID: n48258 Key: Thyestes