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Dictaeus, a, um, v. Dicte, no. II. A.

Dictē, ēs, f., Δίκτη,

  1. I. a mountain in the eastern part of Crete (now Sethia), in a cave of which Jupiter, acc. to fable, was concealed from Saturn, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 164.
  2. II. Derivv.,
    1. A. Dictaeus, a, um, adj., Dictaean, among poets for Cretan: arva, Verg. A. 3, 171: saltus, id. ib. 4, 73: rura, Ov. M. 3, 2: greges, id. F. 5, 118: antrum, Verg. G. 4, 152: Nymphae, id. E. 6, 57: rex, i. e. Jupiter, id. G. 2, 536; also, Minos, Ov. M. 8, 43: Telestes, id. 9, 717: Dictaeae astra coronae, i. e. of Ariadne, Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 208: arundo, i. e. of the Cretans, who were famous archers, Sil. 13, 184; so, pennae, id. 15, 634.
    2. B. dictamnus, i, f., or dic-tamnum, i, n., the plant dittany, growing in great abundance on Mount Dicte and Mount Ida: Origanum dictamnus, Linn.; Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 97; 25, 8, 53, § 93; 26, 14, 87, § 142; Verg. A. 12, 412; Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 126.