the Egyptian Sea

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, 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. [p. 1062] 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., = Libukos, 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 Cannæ, 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.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, 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.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

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., = Libustinos, 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., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, 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. [p. 1062] 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., = Libukos, 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 Cannæ, 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.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, 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.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

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., = Libustinos, 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., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, 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. [p. 1062] 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., = Libukos, 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 Cannæ, 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.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, 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.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

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., = Libustinos, 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., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, 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. [p. 1062] 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., = Libukos, 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 Cannæ, 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.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, 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.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

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., = Libustinos, 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., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, 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. [p. 1062] 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., = Libukos, 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 Cannæ, 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.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, 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.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

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., = Libustinos, 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., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, 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. [p. 1062] 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., = Libukos, 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 Cannæ, 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.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, 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.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

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., = Libustinos, 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., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, 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. [p. 1062] 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., = Libukos, 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 Cannæ, 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.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, 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.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

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., = Libustinos, 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., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, 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. [p. 1062] 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., = Libukos, 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 Cannæ, 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.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, 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.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

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., = Libustinos, 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., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, 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. [p. 1062] 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., = Libukos, 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 Cannæ, 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.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, 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.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

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., = Libustinos, 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., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Lĭbya ( Lĭbŭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 76), ae, and Lĭbyē, ēs, f., = Libuê, 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. [p. 1062] 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., = Libukos, 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 Cannæ, 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.—

Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16:

mare Libycum,

the Egyptian Sea, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

fera,

the lion, Ov. F. 5, 178:

arenae,

id. M. 4, 616:

axis,

the African sky, Afríca, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908:

uvae,

Col. 3, 2:

crines,

frizzly, woolly hair, Luc. 10, 129:

pestes,

i. e. snakes, id. 9, 805.—

Lĭbys, yos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Libus, 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.—

Form Libs.

A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

= Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

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., = Libustinos, 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., = Libustis, Libyan:

Libystis ursa,

Verg. A. 5, 37.—

Lĭbyus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10:

terra,

Libya, Tac. A. 2, 60.

Nīlus, i, m., = Neilos.

The river Nile, celebrated for its annual overflow, Lucr. 6, 712 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; id. Rep. 6, 18, 19; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2; Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51; 18, 8, 47, § 167; Vitr. 8, 2, 6; Mart. Cap. 6, § 676; Luc. 10, 199 et saep.—It flows through seven mouths into the sea, Juv. 13, 26; cf. Ov. M. 5, 187; 1, 422.—

Also personified, the god of the Nile, Nilus, father of the Egyptian Hercules, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. id. ib. 3, 23, 58 sq.—

Transf., a canal, conduit, aqueduct:

piscina et nilus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 7:

ductus vero aquarum, quos isti nilos et euripos vocant,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 2.—Hence,

Nī-lĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Nile:

fontes,

Luc. 10, 192:

gurges,

id. 9, 1023:

fera,

the crocodile, Mart. 5, 65, 14; cf.

crocodilus,

id. 3, 93, 7:

holus,

the colocasia, id. 13, 57, 1.—

Transf., Egyptian:

Niliacis carmina lusa modis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 318: amor, an Egyptian amour, i. e. with Cleopatra, Luc. 10, 80:

tyrannus,

id. 8, 281:

plebs,

Juv. 1, 26:

pecus,

i. e. Apis, Stat. Th. 3, 478: juvenca, Io or Isis. Mart. 8, 81, 2:

lens,

id. 13, 9, 1.—

Nīlĭcŏla, ae, m., a dweller on the Nile, an Egyptian, Prud. ap. [p. 1208] Symm. 2, 439.—

Nīlĭgĕna, ae, comm., one born on the banks of the Nile, an Egyptian, Macr. S. 1, 16, 37: Niligenūm deūm, v. l. Verg. A. 8, 698 (cf. Lachm. ap. Lucr. 5, 440). —

Nīlōtĭcus, a, um, adj., of the Nile:

Nilotica tellus,

Mart. 6, 80, 1:

rura,

Luc. 9, 130:

aqua,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 11.—

Nīlō-tis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or from the Nile, Egyptian:

Nilotis acus,

Luc. 10, 142:

tunica,

Mart. 10, 6, 7:

aqua,

Sid. Ep. 8, 12.

spīna, ae, f. [root spī, whence also spicna, spīca, spinus], a thorn.

Lit.:

cum lubrica serpens Exuit in spinis vestem,

Lucr. 4, 61; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 5, 1; Verg. E. 5, 39; Col. 3, 11, 5; Plin. 21, 15, 54, § 91 al.:

consertum tegumen spinis,

Verg. A. 3, 594; cf. Ov. M. 14, 166; id. P. 2, 2, 36; Tac. G. 17. —Of particular kinds of thorny plants or shrubs:

solstitialis,

Col. 2, 18, 1:

alba,

whitethorn, hawthorn, id. 7, 7, 2; 7, 9, 6; 3, 11, 5; Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68; 24, 12, 66, § 108: Aegyptia, the Egyptian blackthorn or sloe, id. 13, 11, 20, § 66; 24, 12, 65, § 107:

Arabica,

Arabian acacia, id. 24, 12, 65, § 107.—

Transf., of things of a like shape.

A prickle or spine of certain animals (as the hedgehog, sea-urchin, etc.): animantium aliae coriis tectae sunt, aliae villis vestitae, aliae spinis hirsutae, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

hystrices spinā contectae (with aculei),

Plin. 8, 35, 53, § 125; 9, 59, 85, § 182:

spinā nocuus,

Ov. Hal. 130.—

A fish-bone:

humus spinis cooperta piscium,

Quint. 8, 3, 66; Ov. M. 8, 244.—

The backbone, spine:

caput spina excipit: ea constat ex vertebris quattuor et viginti, etc.,

Cels. 8, 1; 8, 9, 2; 8, 14; Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5; Col. 6, 29, 2; Verg. G. 3, 87; Ov. M. 8, 806:

dorsi spina, Aug. Civ. Dei, 19, 4, n. 2: spina quae est in dorso,

Gell. 3, 10, 7.— Hence, poet., the back, Ov. M. 6, 380; 3, 66; 3, 672.—

Spina, a low wall dividing the circus lengthwise, around which was the race-course; the barrier, Cassiod. Var. 3, 51; Schol. Juv. 6, 588.—

A toothpick:

argentea,

Petr. 32 fin. —

Trop., in plur.

Thorns, i. e. difficulties, subtleties, perplexities in speaking and debating (class.):

disserendi spinae,

Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 79; cf.:

partiendi et definiendi,

subtleties, intricacies, id. Tusc. 4, 5, 9; cf.:

hominum more non spinas vellentium, ut Stoici,

id. Fin. 4, 3, 6.—

Cares:

certemus, spinas animone ego fortius an tu Evellas agro,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 4.—

Errors:

quid te exemta juvat spinis de pluribus una,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 212.

canthărus, i, m., = kantharos.

Lit., a large, wide-bellied drinking-vessel with handles, a tankard, pot (very frequent in Plaut.), Plaut. As. 5, 2, 56; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 36; id. Men. 1, 2, 64; 1, 3, 5; id. Most. 1, 4, 33; id. Ps. 4, 2, 2; 4, 4, 13; 5, 1, 34; id. Pers. 5, 2, 22; 5, 2, 40; id. Rud. 5, 2, 32; id. Stich. 5, 4, 23; 5, 4, 48; Hor. C. 1, 20, 2; id. Ep. 1, 5, 23 al.—Esp. used by Bacchus and his followers, as scyphus, by Hercules, Verg. E. 6, 17 Voss; Macr. S. 5, 21, 14; Arn. 6, 25. —Hence Marius was reproached, because, after the conquest of the Cimbri, he drank from the cantharus like a triumphing Bacchus, Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 150; Val. Max. 3, 6, n. 6.—Gr. acc. cantharon, Nemes. Ecl. 3, 48. —

Transf.

A water-pipe, Dig. 30, 41, § 11; Inscr. Grut. 182, 2.—

In eccl. Lat., a vessel of holy water, Paul. Nol. 37, 150 (v. Quicherat ad loc.).—

A kind of sea-fish, Ov. Hal. 103; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146; Col. 8, 7, 14.—

A black spot or wart under the tongue of the Egyptian Apis, Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 184.