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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.

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

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.