Cyllenian

[ si-lee-nee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, Greece, or to the god Hermes, reputed to have been born there.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cyllenian¹

1730–40; < Late Latin Cyllēni ( us ) (< Greek Kyllḗnios, equivalent to Kyllḗn ( ē ) + -ios -ious ) + -an

Example Sentences

Such was Hermes in the Elean region, whence he derived his name, Cyllenian.****

From Project Gutenberg

Virgil recalls the tales and poetical representations of mythology sometimes by some suggestive epithet, or other qualifying expression, as in speaking of ‘poppies steeped in the sleep of Lethe,’ ‘Halcyons dear to Thetis,’ ‘the Cyllenian star,’ ‘the slow-rolling wains of the Eleusinian mother,’ and the like.

From Project Gutenberg

Now were summoned the souls of the dead by Cyllenian Hermes....

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Here the Cyllenian, poised evenly on his wings, made a first stay; hence he shot himself sheer to the water.

From Project Gutenberg

As these words left his lips the Cyllenian, yet speaking, quitted mortal sight and vanished into thin air away out of his eyes.

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