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

Polydamas slew Cyllenian Otus, the companion of the son of Phyleus, chief of the magnanimous Epeans.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

As these words left his lips the Cyllenian, yet speaking, quitted mortal sight and vanished into thin air away out of his eyes.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

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

This fearing, mark the months and Signs of heaven, Whither retires him Saturn's icy star, And through what heavenly cycles wandereth The glowing orb Cyllenian.

From The Georgics by Virgil

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