Save Gender Feminine Usage Greek Mythology (Latinized) Scripts Κυμοπόλεια(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History Latinized form of Greek Κυμοπόλεια (Kymopoleia) meaning "wave walker", derived from κῦμα (kyma) "wave, billow" and the verb πολέω (poleô) "to go about, range over". According to Hesiod she was a daughter of Poseidon.