Hypĕrīon, ŏnis, m., = Ὑπερίων.
I Son of a Titan and the Earth , father of the Sun , Hyg. Fab. praef.; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Ov. M. 4, 192; 241.—
B Deriv.: Hypĕrīŏnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hyperion , Sol. Avien. Arat. 396.—
II The Sun : interea fugit albu' jubar Hyperionis cursum, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 658 P. (Ann. v. 547 Vahl.); so Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4; Ov. M. 8, 565; id. F. 1, 385; Stat. S. 4, 4, 27.— Hyperionis urbs, i. q. Heliopolis, a city of Lower Egypt , with a temple of the Sun , Ov. M. 15, 406 sq.—
B Derivv.
1 Hypĕ-rīŏnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Sun : lampas, Sil. 15, 214: currus, Val. Fl. 2, 34.—
2 Hypĕrīŏnis , ĭdis, f., a female descendant of the Sun , the Hyperionide , said of Aurora, Ov. F. 5, 159.