I.daughter of Oceanus, mother of Circe, Perses (the father of Hecate), Æetes, and Pasiphăe, by the Sungod, Hyg. Fab. praef. fin.; “also called Perseis,” Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48.—Hence,
A. Per-sēĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Persa, Persean: “Perseia Hecate,” Val. Fl. 6, 495: “proles,” i. e. Æetes, id. 5, 582.—
B. Persēĭs , ĭdis, f., the female descendant of Persa, Hecate, Stat. Th. 4, 481.—Adj.: “Perseides herbae,” i. e. magic herbs, Ov. R. Am. 263.—Perseis (sc. Musa), the title of a Latin poem, Ov. P. 4, 16, 25.