Peneus

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

Pēnēus, i, m., = Πηνειός,

I a principal river in Thessaly , which rises in Mount Pindus , flows through the Vale of Tempe , and falls into the Gulf of Therma , the modern Selembria; in mythology, a rivergod , the father of Cyrene and Daphne , Ov. M. 1, 569 sq.; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31; Liv. 32, 15; Verg. G. 4, 355; Hyg. Fab. 161; 203.— Voc. Penee, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 31.—Hence,

A Pēnēis , ĭdis, f., = Πηνηίς, of or belonging to the Peneus , Penean (poet.): Nympha, i.e. Daphne , Ov. M. 1, 504; 1, 472.—

B Pē-nēĭus , a, um, adj., = Πηνήϊος, of or belonging to the Peneus , Penean (poet.): Peneia Tempe, Verg. G. 4, 317: arva, Ov. M. 12, 209: Daphne, id. ib. 1, 452: amnis, i. e. the Peneus , Luc. 8, 33.—

C Pēnēus , a, um, adj., Penean (poet.): undae, Ov. M. 7, 230.