proper noun
Ĭaera
Meaning
- a sea-nymph
Ĭaera, ae, f., = Ἴαιρα, the name of
I. a sea-nymph or Nereid, Hom. Il. 18, 42; but Lat. only as the name of an Oread or woodnymph:
sylvestris, Verg. A. 9, 673; Hyg. Fab. praef.