Cynthia
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Cynthia, 1. a name for Artemis or Diana, from Mount Cynthus in Delos, where Artemis was born, and used poetically to denote the Moon;
2. the name given by the Roman poet
Propertius to his mistress;
3. deriving from (1), a name used by
Spenser (in
Colin Clouts Come Home Againe),
Ralegh, and others to denote Elizabeth I as virgin moon-goddess;
4. in Congreve's
The Double Dealer, the daughter of Sir Paul Plyant, affianced to Mellefont;
5. in Mrs Gaskell's
Wives and Daughters, Cynthia Kirkpatrick, stepsister of Molly Gibson.
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