pronoun

Ĕphўra

fem. ae · neut. and · gender feminine

(poet.) , , , = Ἐφύρα, Ion. Ἐφύρη

another name for Corinth •

another name for Corinth, Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Ov. M. 2, 240; 7, 391; Stat. S. 2, 2, 34; so named, according to the myth, after a sea-nymph, Ephyre, Verg. G. 4, 343; Hyg. Fab. 275.—

Derivv.

Ephyrean; Corinthian •

ĕphўrēïus, a, um, adj., Ephyrean, Corinthian: aera, Verg. G. 2, 464; cf. Corinthus, II. A. 6.—

of Syracuse •

ĕphўraeus or ĕphўrēus, a, um, adj., the same: litus, Stat. Th. 6, 253: moenia, i. e. of Syracuse (a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 180; cf. ib. 52; also Dyrrachium (founded by the Corinthian Corcyraeans), Luc. 6, 17.—

an Ephyrean; Corinthian

ĕphў-rēïădes, ae, m., an Ephyrean, Corinthian, Stat. Th. 6, 652.—

Ephyrean; Corinthian •

ĕphўrēïas, ădis, f., adj., Ephyrean, Corinthian: puellae, Claud. Bell. Get. 629.

Perseus ID: n15910 Key: Ephyra