Dārēus (so the best editt. of Cicero and Curtius; cf. Zumpt, Gramm. 2) or Dā-rīus (Dărĭī, Sid. Carm. 9, 51: Dărīos, Aus. Ep. 5, 23, v. no. II.), ii, m., *da/reios [a Persian word, from R. dar-, to hold: "the sustainer of the empire," Max. Müller, Science of Lang. 2, 220],
the name of several Persian Kings
, Cic. Fin. 5, 30 fin.; Plin. 6, 13, 16, 41; Curt. and Just. passim; Ov. lb. 317; Claud. Epist. 1, 17.— II.Meton. for the gold coin stamped under Darius, a daric, Aus. l. l.—Hence, Darīus, a, um, adj. (late Lat.), of Darius, opes, Mart. Cap. 6, 578.