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Amycus
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Latin
Alternative forms
la Amucēs Praenestine
Etymology
la Amycus :lbor grc:Ἄμυκος + 1
Pronunciation
Amycus
Proper noun
Amycus<2> m
en Amycus, son of Neptune and king of the Bebrycians
la Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 22 Mygdoniam, in qua Thynia et Mariandena sunt regiones et Amyci saevitia Bebryces exempti virtute Pollucis, remotaque statio, in qua volitantes minaciter harpyias Phineus vates horrebat
centaur and son of Ophion
la Ovid Metamorphoses 12 245-239 Primus Ophionides Amycus penetralia donis haud timuit spoliare suis et primus ab aede lampadibus densum rapuit funale coruscis, elatumque alte, veluti qui candida tauri rumpere sacrifica molitur colla securi
a Trojan individual
la Vergil Aeneid 10 700-704 succiso volvi segnem sinit, armaque Lauso donat habere umeris et vertice figere cristas. Nec non Euanthen Phrygium Paridisque Mimanta aequalem comitemque, una quem nocte Theano in lucem genitori Amyco dedit et face praegnans
Declension
Amycus<2> sg
Descendants
en Amycus
References
la Greek mythology