Riphaeus

Rhīpaei or Rhīphaei ( Rīp- ), montes, a range of mountains in the most northern part of Scythia, where are the sources of the Tanais, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 2, 1, 1; 3, 5, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 78; 6, 5, 5, § 15; Enn. Ann. 4, 5 al. — Less freq. in sing.:

Rhipaeus mons,

Mel. 1, 19, 18 and 20.— Hence Rhī-paeus or Rhīphaeus ( Rīp- ), a, um, adj., Rhiphæan:

arces,

Verg. G. 1, 240:

Eurus,

id. ib. 3, 382:

pruinae,

id. ib. 4, 518:

grando,

Stat. Th. 1, 420:

nives,

Luc. 4, 118:

bruma,

Val. Fl. 5, 603; Col. 10, 77:

mons,

Mel. 1, 19, 13; 2, 1, 1.