Nephele

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

Nĕphĕlē, ēs, f, = Νεφέλη.

I The wife of Athamas, mother of Phrixus and Helle , Hyg. Fab. 1, sq.; cf. id. Astr. 2, 20.—

B Derivv.

1 Nĕphĕlaeus , a, um, adj., Nephelaean : pecus, i. e. the ram that bore away Helle and Phrixus , Val. Fl. 1, 56. —

2 Nĕphĕlēĭas , ădis, f., the daughter of Nephele, Helle , Luc. 9, 956.—

3 Nĕphĕ-lēis , ĭdos, f., the daughter of Nephele, Helle , Ov. M. 11, 195.—

II One of the companions of Diana , Ov. M. 3, 171.