ciris

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

cīris, is, f., = κεῖρις,

a bird (acc. to Hyg. Fab. 198, a fish = κίρρις, Etym. M.), into which Scylla , the daughter of Nisus , was changed , Ov. M. 8, 151; Verg. Cir. 488 sq.

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