ADONIS

ADO'NIS, noun In mythology, the favorite of Venus, said to be the son of Cinyras, king of Cyprus. He was fond of hunting, and received a mortal wound from the tusk of a wild boar. Venus lamented his death, and changed him into the flower, anemony.ADO'NIS, in botany, bird's eye or pheasant's eye.

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The "Huntsman" that Venus cried over, the same as Tammuz. See: Tammuz

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adonis. Adonis, n. a charmer, a small gold colored fish

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‖A‐do″nis (ȧ‐dō″nĭs), n. [[L., gr. Gr. Ἄδωνισ.]] 1. 1. (Gr. Myth.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
2. 2. A preëminently beautiful young man; a dandy.
3. 3. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); — named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.