(adjective) : Rhīpaei or Rhīphaei (Rīp-), montes
* A range of mountains in the most northern part of Scythia, where are the sources of the Tanais, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 2, 1, 1; 3, 5, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 78; 6, 5, 5, § 15; Enn. Ann. 4, 5 al. — Less freq. in sing.: Rhipaeus mons,Mel. 1, 19, 18 and 20.— Hence Rhī-paeus or Rhīphaeus (Rīp-), a, um, , Rhiphaean: arces,Verg. G. 1, 240: Eurus,id. ib. 3, 382: pruinae,id. ib. 4, 518: grando,Stat. Th. 1, 420: nives,Luc. 4, 118: bruma,Val. Fl. 5, 603; Col. 10, 77: mons,Mel. 1, 19, 13; 2, 1, 1.