2. Pallas, antis (voc. Pallā, Verg. A. 10, 411 al.; also Pallas and Pallan, acc. to Prisc. p. 702), m., = Πάλλας,
- I. the name of several mythic and historical personages.
- A. Son of Pandion, the father of the fifth Minerva, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; Ov. M. 7, 500.
- B. A king of Arcadia, the great-grandfather of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 54 Serv.
- C. Son of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 104.
- D. One of the giants, Claud. Gigant. 94; Fest. s. v Pallas, p. 220.
- E. A freedman of the emperor Claudius, proverbial for his wealth; slain by Nero, Plin. Ep. 7, 29; 8, 6; Tac. A. 12, 53; Juv. 1, 109; Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 134.
- II. Derivv.
- A. Pallantēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas (the ancestor of Evander), Pallantian: moenia Pallantea, i. e. of the city of Pallanteum, in Italy (v. in the foll.), Verg. A. 9, 196 and 241: apex, of the Palatine, Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 644.
- 2. Subst.: Pallantēum, i, n.
- a. A city in Arcadia, the residence of Pallas, Liv. 1, 5 init.; Just. 43, 1.
- b. The city founded by Evander in Italy, on the site where Rome afterwards stood, Verg. A. 8, 54; 341.
- B. Pallantĭăs, ădis, f., Aurora, so called because descended from Hyperion, the uncle of the giant Pallas, Ov. F. 4, 373; id. M. 9, 420.
- C. Pallantis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., Aurora (v. Pallantias, supra), Ov. M 15, 700.
Transf., the day, Ov. F. 6, 567.
- D. Pallantĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas, Pallantian: Pallantius heros, i. e. Evander, Ov. F. 5, 647.