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Latmus

Latmus · m

a mountain in Caria, at the mouth of the Mæander, where Luna (Selene) kissed the sleeping Endymion

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Tusculanae Disputationes 2 · 0.35/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

Latmus — Lewis & Short

Latmus, i, m., = *la/tmos,

I a mountain in Caria, at the mouth of the Mæander, where Luna (Selene) kissed the sleeping Endymion, Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92; Mel. 1, 17; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 113.—

II Hence,

A Latmĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mount Latmus, Latmian: Latmius Endymion, Ov. A. A. 3, 84: venator, Endymion, Val. Fl. 8, 28.—

B Latmĭădēus, a, um, adj., the same; of Endymion, Mart. Cap. 9, § 919.

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Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. latmus (scan p. 367; entry #5793).

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