Cyllenian

American  

[si-lee-nee-uhn] / sɪˈli ni ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, Greece, or to the god Hermes, reputed to have been born there.

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Etymology

Origin of Cyllenian

1730–40; < Late Latin Cyllēni ( us ) (< Greek Kyllḗnios, equivalent to Kyllḗn ( ē ) + -ios -ious ) + -an

Example Sentences

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Cyllenian

Now were summoned the souls of the dead by Cyllenian Hermes....

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

Cyllenian ranges: Mount Cyllene, in southern Greece, the fabled birthplace of Hermes.

From Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier by Carhart, Margaret Spraque

To the Cyllenian hill he came, that is clad in forests, to the deep shadow of the hollow rock, where the deathless nymph brought forth the child of Zeus Cronion. 

From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Lang, Andrew

Here the Cyllenian, poised evenly on his wings, made a first stay; hence he shot himself sheer to the water.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

The Cyllenian accordingly lifted me up by the right ear, and yesterday evening deposited me in the Ceramicus.

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)