proper nounLaelapsLAELAPS☆ KeepMeaningname of a dogLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879LAELAPSLEWIS & SHORTLAELAPSLaelaps, ăpis, m. λαίλαψ, hurricane, I. name of a dog, Ov. M. 3, 211; 7, 771.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyLaelapsLaelaps (Λαῖλαψ), i. e. the storm-wind, which is personified in the legend of the dog of Prorris which bore this name. Procris had received this extre…