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‡ damnaustra and ‡ dannaustra, words of a charm to cure a dislocated joint, Cato R. R. 160.

dane = dasne, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 22; v. do init.

Dănăē, ēs, f., Δανάη,

  1. I. daughter of Acrisius, and mother of Perseus by Zeus, who visited her in the form of a shower of gold, when she was shut up in a tower by her father, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37; Hor. Od. 3, 16, 1 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 372; Hyg. Fab. 63; Lact. 1, 11, 18; Prop. 2, 20, 12 (3, 13, 12 M.); 2, 32, 59 (3, 30, 59 M.); Ov. Met. 4, 610; id. Tr. 2, 401; Verg. A. 7, 410 al.
    Hence,
  2. II. Dănăēĭus, a, um, adj., Δαναήϊος, pertaining to Danae, descended from Danae: heros, i. e. Perseus, Ov. M. 5, 1; called also volucer Danaeius, Stat. Th. 10, 892; Persis (so named after Perses, the son of Perseus, and ancestor of the Persians), Ov. A. A. 1, 225.

Dănăi, v. Danaus, II. A.

Dănaster, tri, m., a river forming the boundary between Dacia and Sarmatia, now the Dniester, Mel. 2, 1; Amm. Marc. 31, 3, 3 (class. Tyras).

Dănăus, i, m., Δαναός,

  1. I. son of Belus, and twin-brother of Aegyptus: he was the father of fifty daughters; he emigrated from Egypt into Greece, and there founded Argos; was slain by Lynceus, after a reign of fifty years, Hyg. Fab. 168; 170; Serv. Verg. A. 10, 497; Cic. Parad. 6, 1, 44; cf. under no. II. B.
    Danai porticus, at Rome, dedicated by Augustus to the Palatine Apollo (726 A. U. C.), famed for its statues of Danaus and his daughters, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 4; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.); Tibul. 1, 3, 79; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 60.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Dănăus, a, um, adj. (belonging to Danaus; hence, in the poets, meton.), Greek, Grecian: classes, Ov. M. 13, 92; cf. rates, Prop. 3, 22, 34 (4, 22, 34 M.): flammae, Ov. M. 14, 467: ignis, id. Her. 8, 14: miles, id. ib. 24: manus, id. R. Am. 66: res, id. M. 13, 59. Esp. freq.,
    1. A. Subst. plur.: Dănăi, ōrum, m., the Danai, for the Greeks (esp. freq. of the Greeks before Troy), Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; id. Fin. 2, 6, 18; Prop. 3, 8, 31 (4, 7, 31 M.); Verg. A. 2, 5 et saep.
      Gen. plur.: Danaum, Lucr. 1, 87; Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); 3, 9, 40 (4, 8, 40 M.); Verg. A. 1, 30 et saep.
    2. B. Dănăĭdes, um, f., [?*DANAI+/(DES ?], the daughters of Danaus, the Danaides, who, with the exception of Hypermnestra, murdered their husbands at their father’s command, Hyg. Fab. 170; 255; Sen. Herc. Fur. 757. The classical poets substitute Danai proles, Tib. 1, 3, 79; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.): Danai puellae, Hor. Od. 3, 11, 23: Danai genus infame, id. ib. 2, 14, 18.
    3. C. Dănăĭdae, ārum, m., Δαναΐδαι = Danai (v. no. II. A.), the Greeks, Sen. Troad. 611.

Dandări (Tindări), ōrum, m., Δανδάριοι, a Scythian tribe in Asiatic Sarmatia, S. E. of the Palus Maeotis, Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19: also called Dandăridae, Tac. A. 12, 15; and their country Dandă-rica, id. ib. 16.

Dāni, ōrum, m., the Danes, the people of Denmark, Venant. Carm. 7, 7, 50; Jornand. de Reb. Getic. p. 83.
Hence,

  1. A. Dā-nĭa, ae, f., Denmark, Aen. Silv. Hist. Fred. III. p. 131.
  2. B. Dānĭcus, a, um, adj., Danish, id. ib.

Dănĭēl, ēlis, m., the Hebrew prophet, Vulg. Dan. passim, Ezek. 14, 14.

† dănīsta, ae, m., = δανειστής, a money-lender, usurer: fenerator (only in Plautus), Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 51; 2, 2, 67; id. Most. 3, 1, 6; id. Ps. 1, 3, 53; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 14.
Hence, dănīstĭcus, a, um, adj., = δανειστικός, money-lending, usurious: genus hominum, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 129.

dăno, v. do, ad init.

Dānŭvĭus (the ending -ubius is a corruption of late Latin, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 126), ii, m., Δανούβιος,

  1. I. the Danube (in the upper part of its course; in the lower called Ister, though the poets use both names promiscuously), Mel. 2, 1, 8; Plin. 4, 12, 25, § 80; Amm. 22, 9; * Caes. B. G. 6, 25; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Acr. Hor. A. P. 18 (3, 9 Dietsch); Tac. G. 29; Ov. Pont. 4, 9, 80; id. Tr. 2, 192 al.; Hor. Od. 4, 15, 21; Tac. G. 1; id. A. 2, 53; Orell. Inscr. 648 al.
    Hence,
  2. II. Dānŭvīnus (Danub-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Danube, Danubian: limes, Sid. Ep. 8, 12.