ŏīleus — Lewis & Short
ŏīleus (trisyl.), ĕi (ēī) and ĕŏs, m., = *)oi+leus.
I A king of Locris, father of the Ajax who violated Cassandra, and who was called, from his parentage, Ajax Oilei (to distinguish him from Ajax Telamonius), Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 71: nec mihi Oilei proferatur Ajax, Lucil. ap. Non. 158, 12:
unius ab noxam et furias Ajacis Oilei,Verg. A. 1, 41;
in the form Oileos,Ov. M. 12, 622:
multos, inquit Antonius, possum tuos Ajaces Oileos nominare,Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265.—Transf., Ajax:
fulmine et ponto moriens Oileus,Sen. Med. 662.—
B Hence,
1 Oīlēus, a, um, adj., Oilean:
Ajax,i. e. the son of Oileus, Hyg. Fab. 81; Dict. Cret. 1, 17.—
2 ŏīlĭădes, ae, m., = *)oi+lia/dhs, the son of Oileus, i. e. Ajax (al. Oilides), Sil. 14, 479.—
3 ŏīlīdes, ae, m.:
victor Oilide,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 117.(dub.; Müll. Oiliade).—
II One of the Argonauts, Hyg. Fab. 14.