Pēnēus

I. a principal river in Thessaly, which rises in Mount Pindus, flows through the Vale of Tempe, and falls into the Gulf of Therma, the modern Selembria; in mythology, a rivergod, the father of Cyrene and Daphne, Ov. M. 1, 569 sq.; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31; Liv. 32, 15; Verg. G. 4, 355; Hyg. Fab. 161; 203.— Voc. Penee, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 31.—Hence,

A. Pēnēis, ĭdis, f., = Πηνηίς, of or belonging to the Peneus, Penean (poet.): Nympha, Ov. M. 1, 504; 1, 472.—

B. Pē-nēĭus, a, um, adj., = Πηνήϊος, of or belonging to the Peneus, Penean (poet.): Peneia Tempe, Verg. G. 4, 317: arva, Ov. M. 12, 209: Daphne, id. ib. 1, 452: amnis, Luc. 8, 33.—

C. Pēnēus, a, um, adj., Penean (poet.): undae, Ov. M. 7, 230.