Excerpt from Dictionary of Epithets, Classified According to Their English Meaning: Being an Appendix to the "Latin Gradus"
Alcestis. The wife of Admetus, who devoted herself jbr her husband. - ep. Faithful, fida, fidelis. Loving, imans. Fearless, impivi'da, fortis. About to die, moritfira.
Alcyon, bnis, fem A kingfisher, deriving its name from Alcyone, daughter of Eolus, who in gnef for the loss of Ceya, her husband, threw herself into the sea, and was changed into a kingfisher. - ep. Haunting the sea, marina, aqubrea. Loved by Thetis, Thetidi dilecta. Sad, tristis. Faithfid, fida, f i'delia.
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