Cephisus
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Cēphīsus: (-ŏs) or Cēphissus, i, m., = Κηφῖσις or Κηφισσός.
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Cēphīsus ou Cēphissus, ī, m. : Plin. 2, 230 et Cēphissŏs, ī, m. : Luc. 3, 175, Céphise [fleuve de Béotie], cf. Ov. M. 3, 343
