(adjective) : Cythēra, ōrum, n., = Κύθηρα
* An island in the Aegean Sea, south-west of the promontory Malea, celebrated for the worship of Venus, now Cerigo, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 56; Verg. A. 1, 680; Ov. F. 4, 286; id. Am. 2, 17, 4 et saep.
* Hence
* Cy-thĕrēus, a, um, adj., of Cythera, Cytherean: Venus,Hor. C. 1, 4, 5; and far more freq. as subst.
* Cythĕrēa, ae, f., Venus, Prop. 2 (3), 14, 25; Hor. C. 3, 12, 4; Ov. M. 10, 717; id. F. 4, 673; Verg. A. 1, 257.
* Cythĕrēĭus, a, um, , the same: litora,Ov. M. 10, 529: mensis, i. e. April, consecrated to Venus, id. F. 4, 195: heros,i. e. Aeneas,id. ib. 3, 611; id. M. 13, 625; 14, 584: ales,i. e. a dove,Sil. 3, 683: ignis,i. e. the planet Venus,id. 12, 247: proles,i. e. Hermione,Stat. Th. 4, 554.
* Subst.: Cythĕrēĭa, ae, f., i. e. Venus, Ov. M. 4, 190; 10, 529 al.
* Cythērĭă-cus, a, um, adj., of Cythera: aquae,Ov. H. 7, 60: nectar,Mart. 14, 207: myrtus consecrated to Venus,Ov. F. 4, 15; so, columbae, Nero poët. ap. Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 6.
* Cy-thĕrēïs, ĭdis, f., the Cytherean, for Venus, Ov. M. 4, 288.
* Cythĕrēĭăs, ădis, f.adj., Cytherean;poet. for belonging or consecrated to Venus: columbae,Ov. M. 15, 386.

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