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(adj.adj.) : Iāpyx, ygis, m., = Ἰάπυξ
* A son of Doedalus, who ruled in Southern Italy (Apulia or Calabria), Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102; Ov. M. 15, 52.
* Transf.
* Deriv. Iāpygĭa, ae, f., that part of Southern Italy (Apulia or Calabria) over which Iapyx ruled, Iapygia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102; Ov. M. 15, 703; Serv. Verg. G. 3, 475.
* A wind that blows in the south of Italy, the west-northwest of the Greeks, Hor. C. 1, 3, 4; Verg. A. 8, 710.
* Derivv.
* Iāpygĭus, a, um, adj., Iapygian: Acra,a promontory on the eastern extremity of the Tarentine Gulf,Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 100.
* Iāpyx, ygis, adj., Iapygian, also for Apulian, Calabrian: campus,Sil. 1, 51; 3, 707: equus,Verg. A. 11, 678: Garganus,id. ib. 11, 247: Daunus, as king of Apulia, Ov. M. 14, 458; 510.
* Iāpygēus, i, m. (sc. ventus), the wind usually called Iapyx (v. supra), App. de Mundo, p. 63, 20.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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