Sīdon, ō̆nis (usu. ō, as in Greek; but in the derivatives common. A later collat. form Sīdōnĭa, ae, Just. 11, 10, 8; cf.: Babylonia, Lacedaemonia, etc.), f, = Σιδών, ῶνος and όνος, Heb. and Phoen. [??] a very ancient and celebrated Phœnician city, the mother-city of Tyre, now Saida, Mel. 1, 12, 2; Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 76; Just. 18, 3, 4; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Luc. 3, 217 al.; abl. Sidone, Lucr. 6, 585; Ov. M. 4, 571; cf. acc. Sīdōna Verg A. 1, 619; abl. Sīdŏne, Sil. 8, 438.
Hence,
- A. Sīdō̆nĭus, a, um, adj.
- 1. Of or belonging to Sidon, Sidonian: urbs, i. e. Sidon, Verg. A. 4, 545; cf. moenia, Ov. P. 1, 3, 77: amor, i. e. Jupiter’s for Europa (of Sidon), Mart. 7, 32.
- 2. Poet., Phœnician: raptus, i. e. of Europa, Stat. Th. 1, 5: rates, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2: hospes, i. e. Cadmus, id. M. 3, 129: Dido, Verg. A. 11, 74: nautae, Hor. Epod. 16, 59: murex, Tib. 3, 3, 18; cf. ostrum, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; so, vestis, Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 55: chlamys, Verg. A. 4, 137: palla, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 47: mitra, id. 2, 29 (3, 27), 15 et saep.
- 3. Carthaginian: duces, Sil. 1, 10: miles, id. 17, 213: cuspis, id. 5, 474.
- 4. Because Thebes, in Bœotia, was said to have been founded by Cadmus, Theban: Sidoniae comites, i. e. Ismenides, Ov. M. 4, 542: turres, Stat. Th. 7, 443.
Subst plur.: Sīdō̆nĭi, ōrum, m., the Sidonians, Sall. J. 78, 1; and poet., Phœnicians, Ov. F. 3, 108.
- * B. Sīdōnĭ-cus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sidon, Sidonian, Sall. J. 78, 4.
- C. Sīdō̆nis, ĭdis, adj. f., Sidonian; poet., Phœnician: tellus, i. e. Phœnicia, Ov. M. 2, 840: concha, i. e. purple, id. ib. 10, 267.
More freq. subst., a Sidonian or Phœnician woman; of Europa, Ov. A. A. 3, 252; id. F. 5, 610; 5, 617; Stat. Th. 9, 334.
Of Dido, Ov. M. 14, 80.
Of Anna, Ov. F. 3, 649; Sil. 8, 70: Sīdōnĭda, id. 8, 194.