Cĭnўras

ae, m.
I. A king in Assyria, afterwards in Cyprus; father of Myrrha, and, by her, of Adonis, Ov. M. 10, 299 sq.; cf. Hyg. Fab. 58; 242; 270; acc. Gr. Cinyran, Ov. M. 6, 98; voc. Cinyrā, id. ib. 10, 380.—Hence,
A. Cĭnўrēĭus, a, um, adj., Cinyrean: virgo, Ov. M. 10, 369; Col. 10, 172: juvenis, Ov. M. 10, 712; so also heros, id. ib. 10, 730. —
B. Cĭnўraeus, a, um, adj., of Cinyras: litora Cypri, Luc. 8, 716.—
C. Cĭnў-rēus, a, um, adj., the same: germina, i. e. Myrrha, Stat. S. 5, 1, 214.—
II. A leader of the Ligurians, Verg. A. 10, 186.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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