Pēnĕlŏpē, ēs, and Pēnĕlŏpa, ae (Pēnĕlŏpēa, = Πηνελόπεια, Auct. Priap. 68, 28), f., = Πηνελόπη,
I daughter of Icarius and Periboea , wife of Ulysses , and mother of Telemachus , celebrated for her chastity and constancy , Ov. H. 1; Hyg. Fab. 126; Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 1; Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56; id. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 29, 65; Hor. C. 3, 10, 11; id. S. 2, 5, 76; Juv. 2, 56: sponsi Penelopae, for sensualists , Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 28.—
B Transf, poet., a chaste wife , Mart. 1, 63, 6.—Hence,
II Pē-nĕlŏpēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Penelope , Penelopean : Telemachus, i. e. the son of Penelope , Cat. 61, 231: fides, Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 36.—Subst.: Pēnĕlŏpēa = Penelope, Auct. Priap. 70, 20.