Bellĕrŏphōn, ontis (Bellĕrŏ-phontes, ae, Aus. Ep. 25 fin.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 118; 6, 288), m., = Βελλεροφῶν, Theocr. (regularly formed Βελλεροφόντης),
I son of Glaucus and grandson of Sisyphus; he was sent by Proetus, at the calumnious instigation of his wife Stheneboea, with a letter to Iobates, in which the latter was requested to put him to death; he received from him the commission to slay the Chimaera, which he executed, riding upon the flying Pegasus, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; Hor. C. 3, 7, 15; 3, 12, 7; 4, 11, 28; Manil. 5, 97; Juv. 10, 325; Hyg. Fab. 2; 57; id. Astr. 2, 18; Serv. l. l.; Fulg. Myth. 3, 1.—Prov. for any one who carries a message unfavorable to himself (cf. Uriah's letter), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 12.—Hence,
II Bellĕrŏ-phontēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Bellerophon : equus, i. e. Pegasus , Prop. 3 (4), 3, 2: habenae, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 560: sollicitudines, Rutil. Itin. 1, 449.