ĕrўmanthus — Lewis & Short
ĕrўmanthus, i, m., = *)eru/manqos.
I A chain of mountains in Arcadia, on the borders of Elis, where Hercules slew the boar named after the place, Ov. H. 9, 87; id. M. 5, 608; Mart. 11, 69.—
B Derivv.
1 ĕrўmanthĭus, a, um, adj., Erymanthian:
belua,Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22:
aper,id. ib. 4, 22, 55;
and sarcastically, with Verres immanissimus,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43 fin.:
mater,i. e. Atalanta, from Tegea, in Arcadia, Stat. Th. 12, 805.—
2 ĕrўmanthēus, a, um, adj., Erymanthian:
monstrum,Val. Fl. 1, 374.—
3 ĕrўmanthĭas, ădis, f., adj., Erymanthian:
Nymphae,Stat. Th. 4, 329. —
4 ĕrўmanthis, ĭdis, f., adj., Erymanthian:
silvae,Ov. M. 2, 499:
ursa,i. e. Callisto of Arcadia, who was changed into a bear, and placed by Jupiter as a constellation in the sky, id. Tr. 1, 4, 1; 3, 4, 47.—
II The river Erymanthus, which rises in these mountains, Mel. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21; Ov. M. 2, 244.—
III A river in Persia, Plin. 6, 23, 25, § 92.