Sipylus

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

Sĭpylus, i, m., = Σίπυλος.

I A mountain on the frontiers of Lydia and Phrygia , on which Niobe was changed into stone , the modern Manisa Dagh , Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 8; Ov. M. 6, 149; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 3; Sen. Herc. Oet. 184; id. Agam. 374.

II —Hence, Sĭpylē-us , a, um, adj., of Sipylus : genitrix Sipylea, i. e. Niobe , Stat. S. 5, 1, 33; also called Sipyleïa cautes, Aus. Epit. 27.

IIISĭpylen-sis , e: mater deorum, Ulp. Fragm. 22, 6.—

II A son of Niobe , Ov. M. 6, 231.

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