Cinyps
- a river flowing through a very fruitful region in Libya, between the two Syrtes, now Cinifo or Wady Khahan, Mel. 1, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 27; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 251.— Hence,
- II Cīnyphĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Cinyps, found about the Cinyps: chelydri, Ov. M. 7, 272: hirci, Verg. G. 3, 312: tonsor, Mart. 8, 51: aristae, Claud. Eutr. 1, 405; cf. Ov. P. 2, 7, 25: Macae, living near the Cinyps, Sil. 3, 275: Pelates, Ov. M. 5, 124.—
- b In gen., Libyan, African: Juba, Ov. M. 15, 755: orae, Claud. B. Gild. 9: pestes, i. e. serpentes, Luc. 9, 787.
CINYPSor CI´NYPHUS(Κίνυψ, Hdt. 4.175, 198; Κίνυφος, Strab. 17. p. 835: Cinifoor Wadi Quasam,) a small river of N. Africa, between the two Syrtes, rising, according to Herodotus, in the Hill of the Graces(Χαρίτων λόφος : probably the extremity of M. Ghsuriano), but, according to Ptolemy, on M. Zuchabbari, much further inland, and falling into the sea E. of Leptis Magna. The fields through which it flowed were celebrated for goats with very beautiful hair. There was a town of the same name at its mouth. (Sil. Ital., 3.275; Verg. G. 3.312; Martial (Mart. 7.94. 13, 8.51. 11; Mela, 1.7; Plin. Nat. 5.4; Ptol. 4.3. § § 13, 20, 6.11; Scylax.)
[P.S](Κίνυψ). The modern Wad-Khakan or Kinifo; a small river on the northern coast of Africa, between the Syrtes, and forming the eastern boundary of the proper territory of the African Tripolis. The district about it was called by the same name, and was famous for its fine-haired goats. The Roman poets use the adjective Cinyphius in the general sense of Libycus or Africus.
- Apollod. E.6.15, Hdt. 4.175
- attempt to make a Greek settlement there: Hdt. 5.42
- fertility of the Cinyps valley: Hdt. 4.198