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Cephisus

Cephisus · m

A river in Phocis and Bœotia

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Where it lives

In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.39/10k
Thebais 2 · 0.32/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

Cēphīsus — Lewis & Short

Cēphīsus (-ŏs) or Cēphissus, i, m., = *khfi=sis or *khfisso/s.

I A river in Phocis and Bœotia, now Cephisso, Gaurio, or Gerios, Ov. M. 3, 19; Stat. Th. 7, 349; Luc. 3, 175; Plin. 4, 7, 12, §§ 26 and 27; as river-god, father of Narcissus, Ov. M. 3, 343; Stat. Th. 7, 340.—

2 Hence,

a Cēphīsĭus or Cēphissĭ-us, i, m., = Narcissus, Ov. M. 3, 351.—

b Cē-phīsis or Cēphissis, ĭdis, adj. fem., of Cephisus: undas, Ov. M. 1, 369.—

II A river on the west side of Athens, emptying into the Saronic Gulf, Ov. M. 7, 388.—

B Hence,

1 Cēphīsĭa, ae, f., name of a small district of Altica, abounding in springs, Gell. 1, 2, 2; 18, 10, 1; and of a fountain, Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24.—

2 Cēphīsĭăs (Cēphissĭas), ădis, adj. fem., of Cephisus: ora, the banks of the Attic Cephisus, where Procrustes had his abode, Ov. M. 7, 438.

In the wild

Cephisos Claudian, In Rufinum 1.pr.10
Cephisus Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.343
Cephisi Statius, Thebais 7.349
Cephisos Vitruvius, De Architectura 8.3.14
Cephisos Lucan, Pharsalia 3.175
Cephise Statius, Thebais 7.340

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