(Διώναια), a metronymic form of Dione, and applied to her daughter Aphrodite. (Orph. Arg. 1320; Verg. A. 3.19.) The name is also applied as an epithet to things which were sacred to her, such as the dove. (Stat. Silv. 3.5. 80.)
[L.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890