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Ŏīleus (trisyl.), ĕi (ēī) and ĕŏs, m., = Ὀϊλευς.

  1. 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.
    1. B. Hence,
      1. 1. Oīlēus, a, um, adj., Oilean: Ajax, i. e. the son of Oileus, Hyg. Fab. 81; Dict. Cret. 1, 17.
      2. 2. Ŏīlĭădes, ae, m., = Ὀϊλιάδης, the son of Oileus, i. e. Ajax (al. Oilides), Sil. 14, 479.
      3. 3. Ŏīlīdes, ae, m.: victor Oilide, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 117 (dub.; Müll. Oiliade).
  2. II. One of the Argonauts, Hyg. Fab. 14.