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Ĕphyra, ae, and (poet.) Ĕphyre, ēs, f., = Ἐφύρα, Ion. Ἐφύρη,

  1. I. another name for Corinth, Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Ov. M. 2, 240; 7, 391; Stat. S. 2, 2, 34; so named, according to the myth, after a sea-nymph, Ephyre, Verg. G. 4, 343; Hyg. Fab. 275.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Ĕphyrēïus, a, um, adj., Ephyrean, Corinthian: aera, Verg. G. 2, 464; cf. Corinthus, II. A. 6.
    2. B. Ĕphyraeus or Ĕphyrēus, a, um, adj., the same: litus, Stat. Th. 6, 253: moenia, i. e. of Syracuse (a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 180; cf. ib. 52; also Dyrrachium (founded by the Corinthian Corcyraeans), Luc. 6, 17.
    3. C. Ĕphy-rēïădes, ae, m., an Ephyrean, Corinthian, Stat. Th. 6, 652.
    4. D. Ĕphyrēïas, ădis, f., adj., Ephyrean, Corinthian: puellae, Claud. Bell. Get. 629.