Gēryon, ōnis, and Gēryŏnēs, ae (cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 90 Müll.; archaic gen. sing., Geryonaī, Lucr. 5, 28.—Abl. scanned Gērȳŏne, Sid. Carm. 13, 13), m.,
I = Γηρυών and Γηρυόνης, a mythic king in Spain having three bodies , whose oxen were carried off by Hercules , Lucr. 5, 28; Verg. A. 7, 662; 8, 202; Ov. H. 9, 92; Hor. C. 2, 14, 8; Sil. 13, 201; Hyg. Fab. praef. fin.—Plur. : in hac (Erythia insula) Geryones habitasse a quibusdam existimantur, Plin. 4, 22, 36, § 120: Geryonis oraculum, at Patavium , Suet. Tib. 14.—
II Derivv.
A Gēryŏ-nācĕus , a, um, adj., Geryonian : genere Geryonaceo, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 18.—
B Gē-ryŏnēus , a, um, adj., Geryonian : caedes, Ap. Met. 2, 32, 20.