cyaneus
cȳănĕus, a, um, adj., = κυάνεος.
- Dark-blue, sea-blue: cyaneo colore avis, Plin. 10, 32, 47, § 89: stagna, Prud. Psych. 858.—
- II Cȳănĕae, ārum, f., = Κυάνεαι, the two small rocky islands at the entrance of the Pontus Euxinus, called also Symplegades, q. v., Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 34; Mel. 2, 7, 3: errantes, Val. Fl. 4, 561.—Hence,
- B Cȳă-nĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Cyaneae: cautes, Luc. 2, 716: montes, Val. Fl. 2, 381: rupes, id. 4, 637: ruinae, Mart. 7, 19, 3: insulae, Mel. 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 92 al.—
- 2 Transf., like the Cyaneae: nates, Mart. 11, 99, 6.
cȳaneus, a, um (κυάνεος), I) adi., meerblau, dunkelblau, cyaneo colore avis, Plin.: c. smaragdus, Solin.: nymphae, stagna, Prud. – II) subst., Cȳaneae, ārum, f. (Κυάνεαι), zwei kleine Felseninseln in der Mündung des thrazischen Bosporus in den Pontus Euxinus, die Symplegades der Mythe (s. symplēgasdas Nähere), j. Urek-Iaki, Mela 2, 7, 3 (2. § 99). Ov. Trist. 1, 10, 34: errantes, Val. Flacc. 4, 561 sq. – Dav. Cȳaneus, a, um, cyanëisch, cautes, Lucan.: rupes, montes, Val. Flacc. – ➳ Über die Form coeaneus s. Haupt opusc. 3, 475.
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1 cȳănĕus, a, um (κυάνεος), bleu foncé, bleu azuré : Plin. 10, 89.