I.a fabulous people living at the extreme north, the Hyperboreans, Mel. 1, 2, 4 sq.; 3, 5, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 89; Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 57.—
II. Derivv.
A. Hyper-bŏrĕus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hyperboreans, Hyperborean, poet., also i. q. northern: “campi,” Hor. C. 2, 20, 16: “orae,” Verg. G. 3, 196: “glacies,” id. ib. 4, 517; cf. “pruinae,” Val. Fl. 8, 210: “ursa,” Luc. 5, 23: “septentrio,” Verg. G. 3, 381: “Pallene,” Ov. M. 15, 356: “triumphus (gained over the Catti and Dacii),” Mart. 8, 78, 3.—