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Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Σπειώ(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsLatinized form: Spio
Meaning & History
Derived from σπεῖος (speios), the Epic Greek form of σπέος (speos) meaning "cave, cavern, grotto". This was the name of a Nereid in Greek myth; with the exception of Pausanias, all of the Greek poets (Hesiod, Homer, Apollodorus and Hyginus) and even the Roman poet Virgil list Speio among the ranks of the Haliad Nymphs known as the Nereides.