Cephisos

Cephisos
Cēphīsus ( -ŏs ) or Cēphissus, i, m., = Kêphisis or Kêphissos.
I.
A river in Phocis and Bœotia, now Cephisso, Gaurio, or Gerios, Ov. M. 3, 19; Stat. Th. 7, 349; Luc. 3, 175; Plin. 4, 7, 12, §§ 26 and 27; as river-god, father of Narcissus, Ov. M. 3, 343; Stat. Th. 7, 340.—
2.
Hence,
a.
Cēphīsĭus or Cēphissĭ-us, i, m., = Narcissus, Ov. M. 3, 351.—
b.
Cē-phīsis or Cēphissis, ĭdis, adj. fem., of Cephisus:

undas,

Ov. M. 1, 369.—
II.
A river on the west side of Athens, emptying into the Saronic Gulf, Ov. M. 7, 388.—
B.
Hence,
1.
Cēphīsĭa, ae, f., name of a small district of Altica, abounding in springs, Gell. 1, 2, 2; 18, 10, 1; and of a fountain, Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24.—
2.
Cēphīsĭăs ( Cēphissĭas ), ădis, adj. fem., of Cephisus: ora, the banks of the Attic Cephisus, where Procrustes had his abode, Ov. M. 7, 438.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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