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 Cyaneæ: “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 Cyaneæ: “nates,” Mart. 11, 99, 6.
