Lucifer
Lūcifer, erī, m.: the light bearer; Lucifer; Venus as morning star, 2.801, et al. (lūx and ferō)
2 Lūcĭfĕr, (15) ĕrī, m. , planète de Vénus, lʼétoile du matin : Cic. Nat. 2, 53 ; Plin. 2, 36 ; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 71 || journée, jour : Ov. F. 1, 46 ; paucis luciferis Prop. 2, 15, 28, dans quelques jours.
- 1. de morgenster (= de planeet Venus), volgens de mythe de zoon v. Aurora;
- 2. (poët.) (meton.) morgen, dag.
Lucĭfer
or Phosphŏrus (Φωσφόρος, “the bringer of light”). The name of the planet Venus, when seen in the morning before sunrise. The same planet was called Hesperus, Vesperugo, Vesper, Noctifer, or Nocturnus, when it appeared in the heavens after sunset. Lucifer as a personification is called a son of Astraeus and Aurora or Eos, of Cephalus and Eos, or of Atlas By Philonis he is said to have been the father of Ceÿx. He is also called the father of Daedalion and of the Hesperides. Lucifer is also a surname of several goddesses of light, as Artemis, Aurora, and Hecaté.
Lucifer
Lucifer, father of Cyx
- Apollod. 1.7.3