Cyllenius

Cyllēnĭus, (13) a, um, de Cyllène [nymphe], du mont Cyllène, de Mercure : Cyllenius mons Mela 2, 43, le mont Cyllène ; Cyllenia proles Virg. En. 4, 258, Mercure, [ou] Ov. Ars 3, 725, fils de Mercure, Céphale || subst. m. , Mercure : Virg. En. 4, 252.

Cylle'nius

(Κυλλήνιος), a surname of Hermes, which he derived from mount Cyllene in Arcadia, where he had a temple (Paus. 8.17.1), or from the circumstance of Maia having given birth to him on that mountain. (Verg. A. 8.139, &c.) [L.S]

Cylle'nius

(Κυλλήνιος), the author of two epigrams in the Greek Anthology (Brunck, Anal. ii. p. 282; Jacobs, ii. p. 257), of whom nothing more is known. His name is spelt differently in the MSS. of the Anthology, Καλλινίου, Κυλλινίον, Κυλληνίου, Κυλληνίου Πετιάνου. (Jacobs, Anth. (Graec. vol. xiii. p. 878.) [P.S]

Cyllēnius adj.,

• of Cyllene: proles, i. e. Mercury, V.: ignis, the planet Mercury, V.—As substm., Mercury, V., O.

Cyllenius

(Κυλλήνιος). An epithet applied to Hermes, from his having been born on Mount Cyllené.