proper noun
Stilbon
Meaning
- a name of the planet Mercury
Stilbon, ōnis, m., = Στίλβων (the shining, glittering),
I. a name of the planet Mercury, Aus. Idyll. 18, 11; Mart. Cap. 8, § 851; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42 fin. (as Greek, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53).—
II. One of Actœon's hounds, Hyg. Fab. 181.