LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Byblis

Meaning

  1. a daughter of Miletus and Cyanee

Byblis, ĭdis, f. (voc. Bybli, Ov. M. 9, 580; 9, 651; acc. Byblida, id. ib. 9, 453; 9, 467), = Βυβλίς,
I. a daughter of Miletus and Cyanee, who fell in love with her brother Caunus, and, being repulsed, was changed to a fountain, Ov. M. 9, 452; cf. Theocr. Id. 7, 114; acc. to Ov. A. A. 1, 283, and Hyg. Fab. 243, she hanged herself.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyByblisByblis (Βυβλίς), a daughter of Miletus and Eidothea (others call her mother Tragasia or Areia), and sister of Caunus. The story about her is related i…

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What does Byblis mean in Latin?
Byblis, a proper noun, means “a daughter of Miletus and Cyanee”.