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Cephissus

Cephissus proper noun: a river god of Ancient Greece, said to be the father of Narcissus.

Proper noun

Cephissus

  1. (Greek) A river god of Ancient Greece, said to be the father of Narcissus.
    • If it’s been a while since you’ve read it, the story, in Ovid’s telling, goes like this: Narcissus is born gorgeous, the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope.2026 March 29, Ezra Klein, “I Saw Something New in San Francisco”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of Cephissus

alternative formKephissos

Origin of Cephissus

Borrowed from Latin Cephisus.

Questions about Cephissus

What does Cephissus mean?
Cephissus means a river god of Ancient Greece, said to be the father of Narcissus.
What part of speech is Cephissus?
Cephissus is a proper noun.

Words near Cephissus in the dictionary

  1. cephems
  2. Cepheus
  3. cephid
  4. cephids
  5. Cephissia
  6. Cephissus
  7. cephoperazone
  8. cephotaxime
  9. cephradine
  10. cephs
  11. cephtazidime

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