Daphnis, idis, The sonne of Mercurie. Also a delectable place without the citie of Antioche: and the name of a portion of Lycia by the sea side.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
dāphne (Inscr. freq. DAPHINE, v. Ritschl, Opusc. Phil. 2, 483 sq.), ēs, f., = da/fnh, the laurel-tree, bay-tree: baccis redimita daphne, Petr. 131, 8.—Hence, II. Proper name Daphne, es, f.A.The daughter of the river-god Peneus; she was changed into a laurel-tree, Ov. M. 1, 452; id. H. 15, 25; Hyg. Fab. 203; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 91: according to Serv. Verg. A. 2, 513, and id. Ecl. 3, 63, daughter of the river-god Ladon.—B.A place in Syria, near Antioch, Liv. 33, 49; Hieron. in Ezech. 47, 18; Amm. 19, 12; Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 33.—Hence, 1. Daphnaeus, a, um, adj., of or at Daphne, Apollo, Amm. 22, 13, 1.—2. Daphnensis, e, adj., belonging to Daphne: lucus, Cod. Just. 11, 77, 1: palatium, Cod. Theod. 15, 2, 2.
Daphnis, ĭdis, m., *da/fnis. I.A son of Mercury, a beautiful young shepherd in Sicily, the inventor of pastoral songs, and hence a favorite of Pan, Ov. M. 4, 277.—Acc. usu. Daphnim, Verg. E. 2, 26; 5, 20; 7, 7 et saep: Daphnin, id. ib. 5, 52; Prop. 2, 34, 68 (3, 32, 68 M.).—II.A grammarian, sportively called, in allusion to the preceding, *pano\s a)ga/phma, Suet. Gramm. 3; Plin. 7, 39, 40, 128.