Pleione

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

Plēĭŏnē, ēs, f., = Πληϊόνη.

I A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys , wife of Atlas and mother of the Pleiades : hinc sata Pleione cum caelifero Atlante, Ov. F. 5, 83; Hyg. Astr. 2, 21: Pleiones nepos, i.e. Mercury , son of Maia , Ov. H. 16, 62; Val. Fl. 1, 738.—

II The constellation of the Pleiades , Val. Fl. 2, 67.