Gortȳna — Lewis & Short
Gortȳna, ae, and Gortȳne, ēs (also Cortȳnia, ae, Gortyn, nos, acc. to the Gr. *go/rtun, f., = *gortu/nh,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; and Val. Fl. 1, 709),I an important and very ancient city of Crete, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59; 12, 1, 5, § 11; Luc. 3, 186; Sen. Troad. 821.—
II Derivv.
A Gortȳnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Gortyna, Gortynian; and poet., in gen., for Cretan (cf. Gnosius, under Gnosus, II. A.):
judex,of Gortyna, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13: canis, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:
stabula,Verg. E. 6, 60:
spicula,id. A. 11, 773:
arbiter,i. e. Minos, Stat. Th. 4, 530:
aliger,i. e. Dœdalus, Aus. Idyll. 10, 300.—In Plur.: Gortȳnii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gortyna, Gortynians, Liv. 33, 3; 37, 60.—
B Gortȳnĭăcus, a, um, adj., Gortynian, Cretan:
arcus,Ov. M. 7, 778. —
C Gortȳnis, ĭdis, f., adj., the same:
arundo,Luc. 6, 214.