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Alcўŏnē
ēs, f.
I.
a daughter of Æolus, who, from love to her husband Ceyx, who had suffered shipwreck, threw herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher (ἀλκυών; v. alcedo), Ov. M. 11, 384; 710 sq.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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