Dĭōnē — Lewis & Short
Dĭōnē, ēs (-a, ae, f., = *diw/nh.
Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59),I The mother of Venus, Cic. l. l.; Hyg. praef.; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 433.—Hence, Dĭōnæus, a, um, adj., of Dione: vestis, the garment worked by Dione for her daughter, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 102.—Far more freq. as in Greek,
II Venus, Ov. F. 2, 461; 5, 309; id. Am. 1, 14, 33 al.—Hence, Dĭōnæus, a, um, adj., of Dione (Venus): mater, Venus herself (with reference to Aeneas), Verg. A. 3, 19;
hence, Dionaeus Caesar, as the descendant of Iulus, Aeneas, and consequently of Venus,id. E. 9, 47:
columba,sacred to Venus, Stat. Silv. 3, 5, 80:
flores,Col. 10, 286: antrum, Dione's grotto, as the scene of love and love-songs, Hor. C. 2, 1, 39.