Celaeno

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

Cĕlaeno, ūs, f., = Κελαινώ.

I A daughter of Atlas and Pleione , and one of the Pleiades , Ov. H. 19, 135.—

II One of the Harpies : dira, Verg. A. 3, 211; 3, 365.— Hence, appel. for an avaricious woman , Juv. 8, 130.

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