I.another name for Corinth, Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Ov. M. 2, 240; 7, 391; Stat. S. 2, 2, 34; “so named, according to the myth, after a sea-nymph, Ephyre,” Verg. G. 4, 343; Hyg. Fab. 275.—
II. Derivv.
A. Ĕphyrēïus , a, um, adj., Ephyrean, Corinthian: “aera,” Verg. G. 2, 464; cf. Corinthus, II. A. 6.—
B. Ĕphyraeus or Ĕphyrēus , a, um, adj., the same: “litus,” Stat. Th. 6, 253: moenia, i. e. of Syracuse (a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 180; cf. ib. 52; “also Dyrrachium (founded by the Corinthian Corcyraeans),” Luc. 6, 17.—
C. Ĕphy-rēïădes , ae, m., an Ephyrean, Corinthian, Stat. Th. 6, 652.—