Cephisus

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

Cēphīsus (-ŏs) or Cēphissus, i, m., = Κηφῖσις or Κηφισσός.

I A river in Phocis and Boeotia , 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.