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Trōĭa, ae, v. 1. Tros, A.

1. Trōs, Trōis, m., = Τρώς, a king of Phrygia, after whom Troy was named; he was the son of Erichthonius and grandson of Dardanus, Verg. G. 3, 36; Ov. F. 4, 33; Sil. 11, 297; Aus. Idyll. 12, 19.
Hence,

  1. A. Trōja or Trōia, ae, f., Troy, a city of Phrygia, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Liv. 1, 1; Verg. A. 1, 1; 3, 3; Ov. M. 11, 199 sq.; 13, 404 sq.
    1. 2. Transf.
      1. a. A place founded by Æneas in the Laurentine territory in Italy, Liv. 1, 1, 3.
      2. b. A place settled by Helenus in Epirus, Ov. M. 13, 721; Verg. A. 3, 349.
      3. c. A Roman game played on horseback, a sort of sham-fight, Verg. A. 5, 596 sq.; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; id. Calig. 18 fin.; id. Claud. 21; cf. Fest. p. 367.
        Hence,
  2. B. Trōĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan: Aeneas, Verg. A. 1, 596; Ov. M. 14, 156: heros, i. e. Æsacus, id. ib. 11, 773: sacra, Tib. 2, 5, 40 (Troica, Müll.): arma, Verg. A. 1, 249; 3, 306: gaza, id. ib. 1, 119.
    1. 2. Trōjānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan: urbs, i. e. Troy, Verg. A. 1, 624: moenia, Ov. M. 13, 23: regna, id. ib. 9, 232: opes, Verg. A. 2, 4: bellum, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 1; Ov. M. 15, 160: tempora, Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 365; Sen. Cons. Helv. 8, 6; id. Ep. 88, 40: judex, i. e. Paris, Ov. F. 4, 121: ludi, i. e. the game of Troy (v. 2. c. supra), Suet. Tib. 6.
      Prov.: equus Trojanus, for a concealed danger, a secret artifice: intus, intus inquam est equus Trojanus, Cic. Mur. 37, 78.
      Equus Trojanus is also the title of a tragedy of Nœvius, Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; 7, 1, 2.
      Subst.
        1. (α) Trōjāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Troy, the Trojans, Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; id. Inv. 1, 22, 32; id. Phil. 2, 22, 59; Lucr. 1, 476; Verg. A. 11, 421; Ov. M. 13, 702; Liv. 1, 1, 2; Sen. Ep. 27, 5.
        2. (β) Trō-jānum, i, n., a country-place in Latium, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6.
    2. 3. Trōĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan: tempora, Cic. Brut. 10, 40: bellum, Vell. 1, 5, 3; Ov. P. 2, 10, 14: Vesta, id. M. 15, 730; cf. ignis, the perpetual fire which was kept in the temple of Vesta at Rome, Stat. S. 1, 1, 35: fata, Ov. H. 1, 28.
    3. 4. Trōs, ōis, m., a Trojan. Verg. A. 1, 574; 10, 108; 6, 52.
      Plur., Verg. A. 1, 172; 2, 325; 5, 265; 12, 137; Ov H. 1, 13; id. M. 12, 67; 13, 91; 13, 269.
    4. 5. Trōăs, ădis or ădŏs, adj. f., Trojan: in agro Troade, Nep. Paus. 3, 3: humus, Ov. H. 13, 94: matres, ib. ib. 16, 183: turba, Sen. Troad. 84.
      More freq.,
      1. b. Subst.
        1. (α) A Trojan woman, Ov. M. 13, 566; 13, 421; 13, 481; id. H. 13, 137; Verg. A. 5, 613.
        2. (β) Troas, the title of a tragedy by Q. Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 6, 7: Troades, the title of a tragedy by Seneca.
        3. (γ) The region about Troy, the Troad, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 121; Nep. Paus. 3, 3; Mel. 1, 2; 1, 18; 2, 7.
    5. 6. Trōĭădes, um, f., Trojan women, Pers. 1, 4.