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Lāërtes, ae (nom. Laërta, Sen. Troad. 699;

  1. I. gen. Laërtis, acc. to Prisc. p. 705 P.), m., = Λαέρτης, the father of Ulysses, Att. ap. Non. 314, 20 (Trag. Rel. v. 131 Rib.); Cic. de Sen. 15, 54; Ov. H. 1, 113.
  2. II. Hence,
    1. A. Lāërtĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Laertes, Laertian: regna, i. e. Ithaca, Verg. A. 3, 272: heros, i. e. Ulysses, Ov. M. 13, 124; id. Tr. 5, 5, 3: proles, Verg. Cul. 326.
    2. B. Lāërtĭădes, ae, m., = Λαερτιάδης, a male descendant of Laertes: his son Ulysses, Att. ap. App. de Deo Socr. c. 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 524 Rib.); Hor. C. 1, 15, 21; id. S. 2, 5, 59; Ov. M. 13, 48.

Lāërtius, a, um.

  1. I. Adj., from Laërtes, q. v. II. A.
  2. II. An inhabitant of Laertes, a seaport town in Cilicia, e. g. Diogenes Laërtius, a Greek historian in the third century of the Christian era.