Ephyra

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

Ĕphyra, ae, and (poet.) Ĕphyre, ēs, f., = Ἐφύρα, Ion. Ἐφύρη,

I another name for Corinth , Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Ov. M. 2, 240; 7, 391; Stat. S. 2, 2, 34; so named, according to the myth, after a sea-nymph, Ephyre, Verg. G. 4, 343; Hyg. Fab. 275.—

II Derivv.

A Ĕphyrēïus , a, um, adj., Ephyrean , Corinthian : aera, Verg. G. 2, 464; cf. Corinthus, II. A. 6.—

B Ĕphyraeus or Ĕphyrēus , a, um, adj., the same: litus, Stat. Th. 6, 253: moenia, i. e. of Syracuse (a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 180; cf. ib. 52; also Dyrrachium (founded by the Corinthian Corcyraeans), Luc. 6, 17.—

C Ĕphyrēïădes , ae, m., an Ephyrean , Corinthian , Stat. Th. 6, 652.—

D Ĕphyrēïas , ădis, f., adj., Ephyrean , Corinthian : puellae, Claud. Bell. Get. 629.

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