cygnus

1.

cȳ̆cnus (in MSS. and edd. freq. also cȳ̆gnus;

y,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 20; Aus. Ep. 20, 8), i, m., = kuknos, the swan; celebrated for its singing, esp. for its dying song;

consecrated to Apollo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 910; Verg. E. 7, 38; id. A. 1, 393; Ov. M. 5, 387; Hor. C. 4, 3, 20 et saep.;

attached to the chariot of Venus,

Ov. M. 10, 708; id. A. A. 3, 809.—

b.

Prov.:

quid contendat hirundo cycnis?

Lucr. 3, 7;

so also: certent cycnis ululae,

Verg. E. 8, 55.—

B.

Meton., for a poet:

Dircaeus,

i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25.

2.

Cȳ̆cnus ( Cyg- ), i, m.

A.

A king of the Ligurians, son of Sthenelus, related to Phæton, who was changed to a swan and placed among the stars, Ov. M. 2, 367; Verg. A. 10, 189; cf. Hyg. Fab. 154; id. Astr. 3, 7. —

B.

A son of Neptune and Calyce; he was father of Tenes, and was changed into a swan, Ov. M. 12, 72 sq., cf. Hyg. Fab. 157.‡ † cydărum, i, n., = kudaros, a sort of ship, acc. to Gell. 10, 25, 5.