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Sciron1

Sciron1 · m

A noted robber on the rocky coast between Megaris and Attica

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Where it lives

Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 2.88/10k
Ibis 1 · 2.54/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epistulae 1 · 0.39/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.26/10k
Thebais 1 · 0.16/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. Scīron — Lewis & Short

Scīron, ōnis, m., = *ski/rwn (*skei/rwn).

I A noted robber on the rocky coast between Megaris and Attica, destroyed by Theseus, Ov. M. 7, 444 sq.; Stat. Th. 1, 333; Mel. 2, 3, 7; Gell. 15, 21, 1; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 253. —Hence,

1 Scīrōnĭus, a, um, adj., of Sciron, Scironic: saxa, Mel. 2, 3, 7; so Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 23; Sen. Hippol. 1225; and, rupes, Claud. B. Get. 188 (cf. also: infames Scirone petras, Stat. Th. 1, 333).—

2 Scī-rōnis, ĭdis, adj. f., Scironic: petrae, Sen. Hippol. 1023.—Hence,

II A north-west wind blowing from the Scironic rocks; so called by the Athenians, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120 (Jahn, Sciron); Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 4.

2. Scīron — Lewis & Short

Scīron, ōnis, m.,

I an Epicurean philosopher in Cicero's time: omnia meminit Sciron Epicuri dogmata, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 106.

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