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Rhoetus

Rhoetus · m

A giant

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Where it lives

Carmina 2 · 1.5/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Metamorphoses 5 · 0.64/10k
Argonautica 2 · 0.54/10k
Aeneid 3 · 0.47/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

Rhoetus — Lewis & Short

Rhoetus (Rhoecus), i, m.

I A giant, Hor. C. 2, 19, 23; 3, 4, 55.—

II A centaur, Ov. M. 12, 271 sq.; Verg. G. 2, 456; id. Cul. 27; Val. Fl. 1, 140.—Form Rhoecus, Luc. 6, 390.—

III A companion of Phineus, Ov. M. 5, 38. —

IV A king of the Marsians, Verg. A. 10, 388 Serv.

In the wild

Rhoetus Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.65
Rhoetumque Vergil, Georgicon 2.456
Rhoeti Vergil, Aeneid 10.388
Rhoetumque Vergil, Aeneid 9.344
Rhoetus Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.301
Rhoeti Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 6.24

6 of 15 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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