Cyane

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

Cyănē, ēs, f., = Κυάνη,

a fountain near Syracuse , Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89; Ov. F. 4, 469; id. P. 2, 10, 26.—In fable, a nymph changed into this fountain for her grief at the loss of Proserpine , Ov. M. 5, 409 sq.; Sil. 14, 515; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 245.

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