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Libya
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Lewis Short
(adj.adj.Subst.adj.) : Lĭbya (Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Λιβύη
* Libya, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: Graecus Aristippus, qui servos proicere aurum In media jussit Libya,Hor. S. 2, 3, 100.
* Transf., Africa.—Form Libya: mundus ... premitur Libyae devexus in Austros. Verg. G. 1, 240; Juv. 11, 25.—Form Libye: Libye torretur,Sil. 1, 194: tibi habe frumentum, O Libye, dum tubera mittas,Juv. 5, 119.
* Hence
* Lĭbycus, a, um, adj., = Λιβυκός, of Libya, Libyan: fines,Verg. A. 1, 339: cursus,id. ib. 6, 338: gentes,id. ib. 4, 320: lapilli,Numidian marble,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19: Libyca succensae lampade Cannae,the funeral pile on which Hannibal, after the battle of Cannae, caused the bodies of the slaughtered Romans to be burned,Luc. 7, 880: orbes,a table-top of citrus,Mart. 2, 43, 9: Libycus campus in agro Argeo (i. e. Argivo) appellatus, quod in eo primum fruges ex Libya allatae sunt. Quam ob causam etiam Ceres ab Argeis Libyssa vocata est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Plur. subst.: Lĭbyci, ōrum, m., the Libyans, Macr. S. 1, 17.
* Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10: terra,Libya,Tac. A. 2, 60.
* Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Λίβυς, Líbyan: Libys lectulus,of citrus,Verg. Cir. 440: mons,Stat. S. 4, 2, 27.—Subst.
* Form Lĭbys, yos, m., a Libyan: Africam initio habuere Gaetuli et Libyes,Sall. J. 18 init.: Cancro (subditus) Libys,Sen. Herc. Oet. 24.
* Lĭbyssus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libyssa arena,Cat. 7, 3: gens,Sil. 8, 206: ficus,Col. 10, 418: Libyssa Ceres, a surname of Ceres among the Argives, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 (v. the passage under Libycus).
* Lĭbystīnus, a, um, adj., = Λιβυστῖνος, Libyan: montes Libystini,Cat. 60, 1: Apollo,a name given to Apollo by the Sicilians, because he had delivered them by a pestilence from an attack of the Carthaginians,Macr. S. 1, 17.
* Lĭby-stis, ĭdis, f., = Λιβυστίς, Libyan: Libystis ursa,Verg. A. 5, 37.
* Libya, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: Graecus Aristippus, qui servos proicere aurum In media jussit Libya,Hor. S. 2, 3, 100.
* Transf., Africa.—Form Libya: mundus ... premitur Libyae devexus in Austros. Verg. G. 1, 240; Juv. 11, 25.—Form Libye: Libye torretur,Sil. 1, 194: tibi habe frumentum, O Libye, dum tubera mittas,Juv. 5, 119.
* Hence
* Lĭbycus, a, um, adj., = Λιβυκός, of Libya, Libyan: fines,Verg. A. 1, 339: cursus,id. ib. 6, 338: gentes,id. ib. 4, 320: lapilli,Numidian marble,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19: Libyca succensae lampade Cannae,the funeral pile on which Hannibal, after the battle of Cannae, caused the bodies of the slaughtered Romans to be burned,Luc. 7, 880: orbes,a table-top of citrus,Mart. 2, 43, 9: Libycus campus in agro Argeo (i. e. Argivo) appellatus, quod in eo primum fruges ex Libya allatae sunt. Quam ob causam etiam Ceres ab Argeis Libyssa vocata est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Plur. subst.: Lĭbyci, ōrum, m., the Libyans, Macr. S. 1, 17.
* Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10: terra,Libya,Tac. A. 2, 60.
* Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Λίβυς, Líbyan: Libys lectulus,of citrus,Verg. Cir. 440: mons,Stat. S. 4, 2, 27.—Subst.
* Form Lĭbys, yos, m., a Libyan: Africam initio habuere Gaetuli et Libyes,Sall. J. 18 init.: Cancro (subditus) Libys,Sen. Herc. Oet. 24.
* Lĭbyssus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libyssa arena,Cat. 7, 3: gens,Sil. 8, 206: ficus,Col. 10, 418: Libyssa Ceres, a surname of Ceres among the Argives, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 (v. the passage under Libycus).
* Lĭbystīnus, a, um, adj., = Λιβυστῖνος, Libyan: montes Libystini,Cat. 60, 1: Apollo,a name given to Apollo by the Sicilians, because he had delivered them by a pestilence from an attack of the Carthaginians,Macr. S. 1, 17.
* Lĭby-stis, ĭdis, f., = Λιβυστίς, Libyan: Libystis ursa,Verg. A. 5, 37.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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