Alcyone

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Alcyŏnē (Halc-), ēs, f., = Ἀλκυόνη,

a daughter of Aeolus , who , from love to her husband Ceyx , who had suffered shipwreck , threw herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher (ἀλκυών; v. alcedo), Ov. M. 11, 384; 710 sq.