Cўbĕlē or Cўbēbē, ēs, and Cўbĕ-lă, ae, f., = *kube/lh and *kubh/bh.
I A goddess, originally Phrygian, later worshipped in Rome also as Ops or Mater Magna, whose priests were called Galli.
(a) Form Cybele, Cat. 63, 8; Verg. A. 11, 768; Mart. 1, 71, 10.—
(b) Form Cybela, Tert. adv. Nat. 1, 10.—
(g) Form Cybebe, Verg. A. 10, 220; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 35; Phaedr. 3, 17, 3; Sil. 8, 365; 17, 3; Cat. 63, 9; Phaedr. 3, 17, 4; 4, 1, 4; Luc. 1, 600.—
B Hence,
1 Cўbĕ-lēĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Cybele: Attis,
Ov. M. 10, 104; v. Attis: mater, i. q. Cybele, id. A. A. 1, 507; so also dea,
id. F. 4, 191: frena,
i. e. of the lions in the chariot of Cybele, id. M. 10, 704: limina,
i. e. of her temple, Stat. S. 1, 2, 176.—
2 Cўbĕlista, ae, m., = *kubelisth/s, a priest of Cybele, Verg. Copa, 25 Sillig ex conj. (al. Calybita). —
II A mountain in Phrygia.
(a) Form Cybele, Ov. F. 4, 249; 4, 363.—
(b) Form Cybebe, Cat. 63, 9; 63, 84.—Also called Cўbĕ-lus, i, m., Verg. A. 3, 111 Rib. (al. Cybelae).