Cyllēnē, ēs and ae, f., = Κυλλήνη.
I A high mountain in the north-eastern part of Arcadia, on which , acc. to the myth, Mercury was born and brought up; hence, consecrated to him , now Zyria , Plin. 10, 30, 45, § 87; Ov. F. 2, 276; 5, 87; Verg. A. 8, 139. —
II Hence,
A Cyllēnĭus , a, um, adj., Cyllenian : mons, Mel. 2, 3, 5: proles, i. e. Mercury , Verg. A. 4, 258; in this sense also subst.: Cyllēnĭus , ĭi, m., Verg. A. 4, 252; 4, 276; Ov. M. 1, 713; 2, 720 et saep.—
2 Of or pertaining to Mercury : proles, i. e. Cephalus , son of Mercury by Creüsa, Ov. A. A. 3, 725: ignis, the planet Mercury, Verg. G. 1, 337.—
B Cyllēnēus , a, um, adj., Cyllenian : vertex, Ov. M. 11, 304: fides, i. e. lyra, Hor. Epod. 13, 9; as a constellation, Cic. Arat. 627.—
C Cyllēnis , ĭdis, f. adj., Cyllenian , or of Mercury : harpe, possessed by Mercury , Ov. M. 5, 176: planta, i. e. the foot of Mercury , Sil. 16, 500.—
D Cyllē-nĭdes , ae, m., one sprung from Cyllene , of Mercury, Mart. Cap. 9, § 899.—
III A town in Elis , Liv. 27, 32, 2; Mel. 2, 3, 9; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13.—
IV A nymph, nurse of Mercury , Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 252.