Chāŏnes — Lewis & Short
Chāŏnes, um, m., = *xa/ones,
I a people in the north-west part of Epirus, named after Chaon (v. the preced. art.), the Chaonians, Plin. 4, prooem. § 2; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 334 sq.; acc. plur. Gr. Chaonas, Claud. B. Get. 135; their country was called Chā-ŏnĭa, ae, f., Verg. A. 3, 335 Serv.; Plin. 4, prooem. § 2; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 2; Liv. 32, 5, 9. —
II Hence,
A Chāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Chaonian; also of Epirus:
campi,Verg. A. 3, 334:
sinus,Ov. M. 13, 717:
glans,Verg. G. 1, 8: pater, i. e. Jupiter, whose oracle was at Dodona, id. ib. 2, 67; cf.
Juppiter,Val. Fl. 1, 303:
columbae,which revealed the future at Dodona, Verg. E. 9, 13:
nemus,i. e. the oak forest, Stat. Th. 6, 99:
truncus,Val. Fl. 8, 461:
vertex,Luc. 3, 180:
victus,i.e. of acorns, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 47.—
B Chāŏnis, ĭdis, f. adj., Chaonian:
ales, i.e. columba (v. the preced.),Ov. A. A. 2, 150:
arbos, i. e. quercus,id. M. 10, 90:
quercus,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1624.