Pēnēus, i, m., = Πηνειός, a principal river in Thessaly, which rises in Mount Pindus, flows through the Vale of Tempe, and falls into the Gulf of Therma, the modern Selembria; in mythology, a rivergod, the father of Cyrene and Daphne, Ov. M. 1, 569 sq.; Plin. 4, 8, 15, 31; Liv. 32, 15; Verg. G. 4, 355; Hyg. Fab. 161; 203.— Voc. Penee, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 31.—Hence, A. Pēnēis, ĭdis, f., = Πηνηίς, of or belonging to the Peneus, Penean (poet.): Nympha
, i.e. Daphne
, Ov. M. 1, 504; 1, 472.—B. Pē-nēĭus, a, um, adj., = Πηνήϊος, of or belonging to the Peneus, Penean (poet.): Peneia Tempe
, Verg. G. 4, 317: arva
, Ov. M. 12, 209: Daphne
, id. ib. 1, 452: amnis
, i. e. the Peneus
, Luc. 8, 33.—C. Pēnēus, a, um, adj., Penean (poet.): undae
, Ov. M. 7, 230.