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Cynthia|ˈsɪnθɪə|
[L. Cynthia (dea), the Cynthian goddess, i.e. Artemis or Diana, said to have been born on Mount Cynthus; hence the Moon.]
A poetic name for the Moon personified as a goddess. Hence ˈCynthian, of the Moon.
1632Milton Penseroso 59 While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke. 1680Otway Caius Marius iv. i, The reflection of pale Cynthia's Brightness. 1814Byron Lara ii. xxiv, When Cynthia's light almost gave way to morn. 1632Lithgow Trav. vii. 318 Nylus increaseth..when the Sunne..warming with his vigorous face, the Septentrion sides of these Cynthian Mountaynes. |