Cyllenian
Americanadjective
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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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
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