Dione, A Goddesse of the sea, the mother of Venus.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
dĭo or -ōn, ōnis, m., = *di/wn. I.A brother-in-law of the elder Dionysius, of Syracuse, the pupil and friend of Plato. His life was written by Nepos and Plutarch; cf. also Cic Tusc. 5, 35; id. de Or. 3, 34; Jornand. 2, 92.—II.An Academic philosopher, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 12.—III.A Stoic philosopher, Cic. Leg. 3, 5 fin. dub. (al. Diogenes).—IV. Dio Halaesinus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10 al.
Dĭōnē, ēs (-a, ae, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59), f., = *diw/nh. I.The mother of Venus, Cic. l. l.; Hyg. praef.; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 433.—Hence, Dĭōnæus, a, um, adj., of Dione: vestis, the garment worked by Dione for her daughter, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 102.—Far more freq. as in Greek, II.Venus, Ov. F. 2, 461; 5, 309; id. Am. 1, 14, 33 al.—Hence, Dĭōnæus, a, um, adj., of Dione (Venus): mater, Venus herself (with reference to Aeneas), Verg. A. 3, 19; hence, Dionaeus Caesar, as the descendant of Iulus, Aeneas, and consequently of Venus, id. E. 9, 47: columba,
sacred to Venus
, Stat. Silv. 3, 5, 80: flores, Col. 10, 286: antrum, Dione's grotto, as the scene of love and love-songs, Hor. C. 2, 1, 39.