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                    "dictionary": "Lewis Short",
                    "reference": "Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary",
                    "source": "https:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059",
                    "description": "(adjective) : Lȳdĭa, ae, f., = Λυδία\n* A country in Asia Minor, the capital of which was Sardis, the fabled original land of the Etruscans, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4; Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Liv. 38, 39, 16 et saep.—Hence\n* Lȳdĭus, a, um\n* Lydian: regna,of Gyges,Tib. 4, 1, 199: aurifer amnis,i. e. Pactolus,id. 3, 3, 29: mitra,Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 30: pensa,which Omphale gave to Hercules,Mart. 9, 66, 11: nurus,i. e. Omphale,Sen. Oet. 371: sil. Plin. 33, 13, 56, § 160: lapis, a touchstone (at first found only on the Tmolus), id. 33, 8, 43, § 126: moduli,id. 7, 56, 57, § 204.\n* Lȳdus, a, um, adj., Lydian: Lydus servus,Cic. Fl. 27, 65: puella,i. e. Omphale,Ov. F. 2, 365: Lydae pondera gazae (i. e. aurum Pactoli),Stat. S. 5, 1, 60: nurus,Val. Fl. 4, 369.\n* Transf.\n* Etruscan: Lydius fluvius,i. e. the Tiber,Verg. A. 2, 781: ripa, the right bank of theTiber, Stat. S. 4, 4, 6: stagna,the Trasimene Lake,Sil. 9, 11.—(Lydii, false read. for ludii; v. ludius).\n* Rhaetian (because the Rhaetians were descended from the Etruscans, the descendants of the Lydians): undae,the Lake Benacus,Cat. 31, 13.\n* Transf., Etrurian, Etruscan.— As subst.: Lȳdi, ōrum, m.: Lydorum manus,a band of Etruscans,Verg. A. 9, 11."
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                    "description": "Feminine Personal name\nConfirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:\n<ul>\n<li>Iulia Lydia Laterane (Fem), ref: I. Ephesos 424 | <a href='https:\/\/pir.bbaw.de\/id\/7184'>PIR ID7184<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lydia (Fem), ref: PIR L 0462 | <a href='https:\/\/pir.bbaw.de\/id\/8631'>PIR ID8631<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>"
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