Cinyras

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

Cĭnyras (Cĭnyra, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195), ae, m., = Κινύρας.

I A king in Assyria , afterwards in Cyprus; father of Myrrha , and , by her , of Adonis , Ov. M. 10, 299 sq.; cf. Hyg. Fab. 58; 242; 270; acc. Gr. Cinyran, Ov. M. 6, 98; voc. Cinyrā, id. ib. 10, 380.—Hence,

A Cĭnyrēĭus , a, um, adj., Cinyrean : virgo, i. e. Myrrha , Ov. M. 10, 369; Col. 10, 172: juvenis, i. e. Adonis , Ov. M. 10, 712; so also heros, id. ib. 10, 730. —

B Cĭnyraeus , a, um, adj., of Cinyras : litora Cypri, Luc. 8, 716.—

C Cĭny-rēus , a, um, adj., the same: germina, i. e. Myrrha, Stat. S. 5, 1, 214.—

II A leader of the Ligurians , Verg. A. 10, 186.