ciris

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cīris: is, f., = κεῖρις,
I a bird (acc. to Hyg. Fab. 198, a fish = κίρρις, Etym. M.), into which Scylla, the daughter of Nisus, was changed, Ov. M. 8, 151; Verg. Cir. 488 sq.

cīris, is, f. (κεῖρις), l’aigrette [oiseau] : Ov. M. 8, 151 || titre d’un petit poème attribué jadis à Virgile.