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Alcaeus, i, m., = Ἀλκαῖος, a renowned lyric poet of Mitylene, contemporary with Sappho, 610 B.C., inventor of the metre which bears his name, and which was imitated by the Latin poets, esp. by Horace; v. Hor. C. 2, 13, 27; 4, 9, 7; id. Ep. 1, 19, 29; 2, 2, 99; Ov. H. 15, 29 sq.; Quint. 10, 1, 63.
Hence, Alcăĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ἀλκαϊκός, of or pertaining to Alcœus: versus, the Alcaic verse; cf. Diom. 510 P.; Grotef. Gr. II. 107; Zumpt, Gr. § 866.
Alcămĕnes, is, m., = Ἀλκαμένης, a Greek sculptor of the school of Phidias, Cic. N. D. 1, 30; Val. Max. 8, 11; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 72.
Alcander, ri, m.
Alcăthŏē, ēs, f., = Ἀλκαθόη, the castle of Megara, named after Alcathous; poet for Megara, Ov. M. 7, 443 (cf. Paus. Attic. p. 98).
Alcăthŏus, i, m., = Ἀλκάθοος, son of Pelops, founder of Megara, which was hence called Alcathoi urbs, Ov. M. 8, 8.
Alcē, ēs, f., a town in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Alcazar de S. Juan, Liv. 40, 48; 49.
† alcĕa, ae, f., = ἀλκέα, a species of mallows: Malva alcea, Linn.; Plin. 27, 4, 6, § 21.
alcēdo (halc-), ĭnis, later † alcyon (halc-), ĭnis, f., = ἀλκυών [O. H. Germ. alacra; the forms halcedo, halcyon arose from a fancied connection with ἅλς = the sea], the kingfisher, halcyon: Alcedo hispida, Linn.: Alcedo dicebatur ab antiquis pro alcyone, Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.: haec avis nunc Graece dicitur ἁλκυών, a nostris halcedo; sed hieme quod pullos dicitur tranquillo mari facere, eos dies halcyonios appellant (Gr. ἁλκυονίδες ἡμέραι, Aristoph. Av. 1594 Bergk), halcyon-days, Varr. L. L. 7, § 88 Müll.; Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 142; cf. Plin. 10, 32, 47.
alcēdōnĭa (halc-), ōrum, n. [alcedo], the fourteen winter days during which the kingfisher broods and the sea is calm, v. alcedo.
Hence, trop., a deep calm, profound tranquillity: ludi sunt, tranquillum est, alcedonia sunt circum forum, Plaut. Cas. prol. 26: mare ipsum aiunt, ubi alcedonia sint, fieri feriatum, Front. Fer. Alc. 3.
alces, is, f. [ἄλκη; O. H. Germ. Elaho; Norse, elgr; Engl. elk], the elk, living in the northern regions: Cervus alces, Linn.; Caes. B. G. 6, 27; Plin. 8, 15, 16, § 39.
Alcestis, is, or Alcestē, ēs, f., = Ἄλκηστις or Ἀλκήστη, daughter of Pelias, and wife of Admetus, king of Pherœ, for the preservation of whose life she resigned her own, but was afterwards brought back from the lower world by Hercules, and restored to her husband, v. Hyg. Fab. 51 and 251; Mart. 4, 75; Juv. 6, 652.
Also, a play of Nœvius, Gell. 19, 7.
Alceus (dissyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., = Ἀλκεύς, father of Amphitryo and grandfather of Hercules, who was named Alcides from him, Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 392.
Alcĭbĭădes, is, m. (gen. Alcibiadi, Arn. adv. Gent. 6, p. 198; voc. Gr. Alcibiadē, Liv. 39, 36), = Ἀλκιβιάδης.
Alcĭdĕmos, i, f., v. 1. Alcis.
Alcīdes, ae, m., = Ἀλκείδης, a male descendant of Alceus; usu. his grandson Hercules, Verg. E. 7, 61; id. A. 8, 203; 10, 321: quid memorem Alciden? id. ib. 6, 123; so Hor. C. 1, 12, 25; Tib. 4, 1, 12; Prop. 1, 20, 49: non fugis, Alcide, Ov. H. 9, 75; voc. also Alcidā, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1343.
Alcĭmăchus, i, m., = Ἀλκίμαχος, a famous Greek painter, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 139.
Alcĭmĕdē, ēs, f., = Ἀλκιμέδη, a daughter of Autolycus, wife of Æson, and mother of Jason, Ov. H. 6, 105; Hyg. Fab. 14; Val. Fl. 1, 317; Stat. Th. 5, 236.
Alcĭmĕdon, ontis, m., the name of an artist in wood-carving, of whom nothing more is known; perh. contemporary with Vergil, Verg. E. 3, 37 and 44: ubi v. Wagn.
Alcĭnŏus, i, m., = Ἀλκίνοος, a king of the Phœacians, by whom Ulysses, in his wanderings, was entertained as guest, Ov. P. 2, 9, 42; Prop. 1, 14, 24; Hyg. Fab. 23, 125. On account of the luxury that prevailed at his court, Horace called luxurious young men juventus Alcinoi, voluptuaries, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 29 (cf. the words of Alcinous in Hom. Od. 8, 248). His love for horticulture (cf. Hom. Od. 7, 112 sq.) was also proverbial: pomaque et Alcinoi silvae, fruit-trees, Verg. G. 2, 87: Alcinoi pomaria, Stat. S. 1, 3, 81.
Hence, Alcinoo dare poma, of any thing superfluous (as in silvam ligna ferre, Hor. S. 1, 10, 34, and in Gr. γλαῦκ’ εἰς Ἀθήνας), Ov. P. 4, 2, 10; Mart. 7, 41.
† 1. Alcis, ĭdis, f., = Ἀλκίς [from ἀλκή, strength], an appellation of Minerva among the Macedonians: Minervae, quam vocant Alcidem, Liv. 42, 51, where Weissenb. reads Alcidemon.
* 2. Alcis, m. [acc. to some fr. the Gr. ἀλκή; acc. to others, the Old Germ. Elk = force], a deity of the Naharvali, Tac. G. 43; cf. Ruperti ad h. 1.
Alcisthĕnē, ēs, f., = Ἀλκισθένη, a Greek female painter, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 147.
Alcĭthŏē, ēs, f., = Ἀλκιθόη, one of the daughters of Minyas in Thebes, changed into a bat for ridiculing the orgies of Bacchus, Ov. M. 4, 1; 274; 389 sq.; cf. O. Müll. Gesch. Hellen. Stämme, 1, 167 sq.
1. Alcmaeo, Alcmaeon, ŏnis, and Alcmaeus, i, m. (Alcmaeo, Cic. Ac. 2, 28: Alcmaeus, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 30), = Ἀλκμαίων, a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle; in obedience to the command of his father he killed his mother, and on this account was pursued by the Furies, Hyg. Fab. 71; 73 and 245; Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11.
Hence, * Alcmaeŏnĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Alcmœon: furiae, Prop. 4, 4, 41.
2. Alcmaeo, ŏnis, m., a Pythagorean philosopher of Croton, Cic. N. D. 1, 27.
Alcmānĭum metrum, the kind of verse named after the Greek poet Alcman, Alcmanian; the Hexapodia anapaestica catalectica, Serv. 1818 P.; cf. Grotef. Gr. II. 110 and 142; Munk, Metres, p. 102.
Alcmēna or Alcŭmēna, ae, also Alcmēnē, ēs, f. (always Alcumena in Plaut. Am.: Alcmene, Ov. M. 9, 276; gen., Gr. Dor. Alcumenās, Plaut. Am. Argum.; Alcmenes, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1825), = Ἀλκμήνη, daughter of Electryon, wife of Amphitryo, and mother of Hercules by Jupiter, and of his twin-brother Iphiclus by Amphitryo, Plaut. Am.; Hyg. Fab. 29 al.
alcyon, v. alcedo.
Alcyŏnē (Halc-), ēs, f., = Ἀλκυόνη, a daughter of Æolus, who, from love to her husband Ceyx, who had suffered shipwreck, threw herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher (ἀλκυών; v. alcedo), Ov. M. 11, 384; 710 sq.
alcyŏnēus and -nĭus (halc-), a, um, adj. [Alcyone], pertaining to Alcyone or alcyon (v. alcedo).
† alcyŏnĭdes (halc-) dies = ἁλκυονίδες ἡμέραι, the same as alcedonia (cf. also alcedo), Plin. 10, 32, 47, § 90.