Deucălĭon, ōnis, m., Δευκαλίων,
I son of Prometheus, king of Phthia, in Thessaly, and husband of Pyrrha . He is famous on account of the deluge sent in his days by Jupiter, and as the progenitor of a new race of men, Ov. M. 1, 318 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 153; Just. 2, 6; Verg. G. 1, 62 al.: nimiae Deucalionis aquae, Deucalion's deluge , Ov. F. 4, 794; Prop. 2, 32, 53 (3, 30, 53 M.).
II —Hence, Deucălĭōnēus , a, um, adj., of Deucalion : undae, Ov. M. 7, 356: imbres, Luc. 1, 653: cautes, Col. poët. 10, 67.