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Hyperion

Hypĕrīon, ŏnis, m., = Ὑπερίων.
  • Son of a Titan and the Earth, father of the Sun, Hyg. Fab. praef.; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Ov. M. 4, 192; 241.—
    • B Deriv.: Hypĕrīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hyperion, Sol. Avien. Arat. 396.—
  • II The Sun: interea fugit albu' jubar Hyperionis cursum, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 658 P. (Ann. v. 547 Vahl.); soLaber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4; Ov. M. 8, 565; id. F. 1, 385; Stat. S. 4, 4, 27.— Hyperionis urbs, i. q. Heliopolis, a city of Lower Egypt, with a temple of the Sun, Ov. M. 15, 406 sq.—
    • B Derivv.
      • 1 Hypĕ-rīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Sun: lampas, Sil. 15, 214: currus, Val. Fl. 2, 34.—
      • 2 Hypĕrīŏnis, ĭdis, f., a female descendant of the Sun, the Hyperionide, said of Aurora, Ov. F. 5, 159.

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