Cyllenis

Cyllēnē, ēs and ae, f., = Kullênê.

I.

A high mountain in the north-eastern part of Arcadia, on which, acc. to the myth, Mercury was born and brought up; hence, consecrated to him, now Zyria, Plin. 10, 30, 45, § 87; Ov. F. 2, 276; 5, 87; Verg. A. 8, 139. —

II.

Hence,

A.

Cyllēnĭus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian:

mons,

Mel. 2, 3, 5:

proles,

i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 258; in this sense also subst.: Cyllēnĭus, ĭi, m., Verg. A. 4, 252; 4, 276; Ov. M. 1, 713; 2, 720 et saep.—

2.

Of or pertaining to Mercury: proles, i. e. Cephalus, son of Mercury by Creüsa, Ov. A. [p. 507] A. 3, 725:

ignis,

the planet Mercury, Verg. G. 1, 337.—

B.

Cyllēnēus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian:

vertex,

Ov. M. 11, 304:

fides, i. e. lyra,

Hor. Epod. 13, 9;

as a constellation,

Cic. Arat. 627.—

C.

Cyllēnis, ĭdis, f. adj., Cyllenian, or of Mercury:

harpe,

possessed by Mercury, Ov. M. 5, 176:

planta,

i. e. the foot of Mercury, Sil. 16, 500.—

D.

Cyllē-nĭdes, ae, m., one sprung from Cyllene, of Mercury, Mart. Cap. 9, § 899.—

III.

A town in Elis, Liv. 27, 32, 2; Mel. 2, 3, 9; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13.—

IV.

A nymph, nurse of Mercury, Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 252.