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Cyllenian

[si-lee-nee-uhn]

adjective

of or pertaining to Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, Greece, or to the god Hermes, reputed to have been born there.

Origin:
1730–40; < Late Latin Cyllēni(us) (< Greek Kyllḗnios, equivalent to Kyllḗn(ē) + -ios -ious) + -an

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