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Cybele

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Cybelē, ēs, and Cybēbē, ēs, or ae, f.: 1. Cybele, the principal goddess of Phrygia, corresponding to the “Magna Mater” of the Romans, and often identified with Rhea and Ops, 10.220. 2. A mountain in Phrygia sacred to Cybele, 3.111.
Cybĕlē or Cybēbē, ēs, and Cybĕ-lă, ae, f., = Κυβέλη and Κυβήβη.
  • A goddess, originally Phrygian, later worshipped in Rome also as Ops or Mater Magna, whose priests were called Galli.
          • α Form Cybele, Cat. 63, 8; Verg. A. 11, 768; Mart. 1, 71, 10.—
          • β Form Cybela, Tert. adv. Nat. 1, 10.—
          • γ Form Cybebe, Verg. A. 10, 220; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 35; Phaedr. 3, 17, 3; Sil. 8, 365; 17, 3; Cat. 63, 9; Phaedr. 3, 17, 4; 4, 1, 4; Luc. 1, 600.—
    • B Hence,
      • 1 Cybĕ-lēĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Cybele: Attis, Ov. M. 10, 104; v. Attis: mater, i. q. Cybele, id. A. A. 1, 507; so also dea, id. F. 4, 191: frena, i.e. of the lions in the chariot of Cybele, id. M. 10, 704: limina, i.e. of her temple, Stat. S. 1, 2, 176.—
      • 2 Cybĕlista, ae, m., = Κυβελιστής, a priest of Cybele, Verg. Copa, 25 Sillig ex conj. (al. Calybita). —
  • II A mountain in Phrygia.
          • α Form Cybele, Ov. F. 4, 249; 4, 363.—
          • β Form Cybebe, Cat. 63, 9; 63, 84.—Also called Cybĕ-lus, i, m., Verg. A. 3, 111 Rib. (al. Cybelae).

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