Ephyre

Ephyra, ae, and ( poet. ) Ephyre, ēs, f., = Ephura, Ion. Ephurê, another name for Corinth, Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Ov. M. 2, 240; 7, 391; Stat. S. 2, 2, 34;

so named, according to the myth, after a sea-nymph, Ephyre,

Verg. G. 4, 343; Hyg. Fab. 275.—

II.

Derivv.

A.

Ephyrēïus, a, um, adj., Ephyrean, Corinthian:

aera,

Verg. G. 2, 464; cf. Corinthus, II. A. 6.—

B.

Ephyraeus or Ephyrēus, a, um, adj., the same:

litus,

Stat. Th. 6, 253: moenia, i. e. of Syracuse (a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 180; cf. ib. 52;

also Dyrrachium (founded by the Corinthian Corcyraeans),

Luc. 6, 17.—

C.

Ephyrēïădes, ae, m., an Ephyrean, Corinthian, Stat. Th. 6, 652.—

D.

Ephyrēïas, ădis, f., adj., Ephyrean, Corinthian:

puellae,

Claud. Bell. Get. 629.