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* cylindrātus, a, um, adj. [cylindrus], in the form of a cylinder, cylindrical: siliquae, Plin. 18, 12, 33, § 125.

† cylindrus, dri, m., = κύλινδρος, a cylinder.

  1. I. Prop., Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24; id. Fat. 19, 41.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. A cylindrical stone for levelling the ground, a roller, etc., Cato, R. R. 129; Verg. G. 1, 178; Plin. 19, 8, 46, § 158; Vitr. 10, 6 al.
    2. B. A precious stone ground off in the form of a cylinder, Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 78; 37, 8, 34, § 113; Juv. 2, 61 al.

Cyllărŏs or -us, i, m., = Κύλλαρος.

  1. I. A Centaur, Ov. M. 12, 393 and 408.
  2. II. The horse of Pollux, given to him by Juno, Verg. G. 3, 90; Stat. Th. 6, 327; Val. Fl. 1, 426; cf. Mart. 8, 21, 5; 8, 28, 8.

Cyllēnē, ēs and ae, f., = Κυλλήνη.

  1. I. A high mountain in the north-eastern part of Arcadia, on which, acc. to the myth, Mercury was born and brought up; hence, consecrated to him, now Zyria, Plin. 10, 30, 45, § 87; Ov. F. 2, 276; 5, 87; Verg. A. 8, 139.
  2. II. Hence,
    1. A. Cyllēnĭus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian: mons, Mel. 2, 3, 5: proles, i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 258; in this sense also subst.: Cyllēnĭus, ĭi, m., Verg. A. 4, 252; 4, 276; Ov. M. 1, 713; 2, 720 et saep.
      1. 2. Of or pertaining to Mercury: proles, i. e. Cephalus, son of Mercury by Creüsa, Ov. A. A. 3, 725: ignis, the planet Mercury, Verg. G. 1, 337.
    2. B. Cyllēnēus, a, um, adj., Cyllenian: vertex, Ov. M. 11, 304: fides, i. e. lyra, Hor. Epod. 13, 9; as a constellation, Cic. Arat. 627.
    3. C. Cyllēnis, ĭdis, f. adj., Cyllenian, or of Mercury: harpe, possessed by Mercury, Ov. M. 5, 176: planta, i. e. the foot of Mercury, Sil. 16, 500.
    4. D. Cyllē-nĭdes, ae, m., one sprung from Cyllene, of Mercury, Mart. Cap. 9, § 899.
  3. III. A town in Elis, Liv. 27, 32, 2; Mel. 2, 3, 9; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13.
  4. IV. A nymph, nurse of Mercury, Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 252.

Cylōnīus or -ēus, a, um, adj., = Κυλώνειος, pertaining to Cylon, the well-known Athenian: scelus = ἄγος Κυλώνειον, the crime committed by the murder of Cylon’s partisans at the altar of Athene, where they had sought asylum, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28.

quilon (cylon), i, n., jelly (postclass.): si cylon feceris, etc., Veg. Vet. 3, 38: ut quilon fiat, id. ib. 3, 66.