proper nounĪphisIPHIS☆ KeepMeaningA youth of CyprusLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879IPHISLEWIS & SHORTIPHISĪphis, is, m., = Ἶφις. I. A youth of Cyprus, who hung himself because his love for Anaxarete was not returned, Ov. M. 14, 699.— II. One of the Argonauts, Val. Fl. 1, 441.Īphis, ĭdis, f., I. a Cretan girl who was changed into a man, Ov. M. 9, 667.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyIphisIphis (Ἶφις). 1. A son of Alector, and a descendant of Megapenthes, tlle son of Proetus. He was king of Argos, and from him were deseended Eteoclus an…