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Cȳra or Cyrrha, ae, f., = Cyrenae, Ov. lb. 537.
Cȳras, ae, m., a mountain in Africa, Just. 13, 7.
1. Cȳrēnē, ēs, and Cȳrēnae, ārum, f.,
- I. the chief town of a province of the same name in Libya, now Kuren, celebrated for its trade, and as the birthplace of Callimachus, Eratosthenes, and Aristippus, Mel. 1, 8, 2; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31; Sall. J. 19, 3; Plaut. Rud. prol. 41; Cic. Planc. 5, 13; Nep. Ages. 8, 6; Sil. 8, 57; Cat. 7, 4; Sol. 27, 44.
- II. Hence,
- A. Cȳrēnăĭcus, a, um, adj., Cyrenaic: provincia, or absol.: Cȳrē-năĭca, ae, f., the province Cyrenaica, in Libya, Mel. 1, 8, 1; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31 sq.; also Cyrenaica Africa, id. ib. § 8: lacrima, i. e. laser, Scrib. Comp. 167; cf. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 38 sq.: philosophia, the school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 62.
Subst.: Cȳrēnăĭci, ōrum, m., its adherents, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 131; id. Tusc. 3, 13, 28; id. Off. 3, 33, 116 al.
- B. Cȳrē-naeus, a, um, adj., of Cyrene: urbs, i. e. Cyrene, Sil. 8, 159: aquae, i. e. drunk by Callimachus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 4.
- 2. Subst.: Cȳ-rēnaei, ōrum, m.
- a. The inhabitants of Cyrene, Nep. Hann. 8, 1.
- b. The adherents of the Cyrenaic philosophy (cf. the preced.), Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 76.
- C. Cȳrēnensis, e, adj., the same: senatus, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 8: populares, id. ib. 3, 2, 1: agri, Cic. Agr. 2, 19, 51: provincia, Dig. 19, 2, 61.
In plur. subst.: Cȳrēnenses, ĭum, m., inhabitants of Cyrene, Sall. J. 79, 2; Plin. 7, 56, 67, § 208; Tac. A. 3, 70.
2. Cȳrēnē, ēs, f., = Κυρήνη.
- I. A nymph, mother of Aristæus, Verg. G. 4, 376; 4, 354; Just. 13, 7.
- II. A nymph, mother of Idmon, Hyg. Fab. 14.
- III. A fountain in Thessaly, Serv. ad Verg. G. 4, 354.
Cyretĭae, ārum, f., a town of Thessaly, Liv. 31, 41, 5; 36, 10, 5.
Cyrnŏs (Cyrnus, Sen. Epigr. 1, 2), i, f., = Κύρνος,
- I. the island Corsica, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 80.
Hence,
- II. Cyrnēus, a, um, adj., Cyrneian or Corsican: taxi, Verg. E. 9, 30: tellus, Sen. l. l.
Cȳrŏpŏlis, is, f., = Κυρόπολις, a town in Sogdiana, Curt. 7, 6, 16.
Cyrrhestĭca (Cyrres-), ae, or -cē, ēs, f., a province of Syria, called after its town Cyrrhus, Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81; Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1; 5, 21, 2.
Cyrrhus (Cyrrus), i, f., = Κύρρος, a town in Syria, Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81; Tac. A. 2, 57.
Cyrsĭlus, i, m., = Κυρσίλος, an Athenian, Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48.
Cyrtaei or Cyrtii, ōrum, m., = Κύρτιοι, a Median tribe, celebrated as slingers, Liv. 37, 40, 9; 42, 58, 13.
Cȳrus, i, m., = Κῦρος.
- I. The founder of the Persian monarchy, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 56; id. Brut. 29, 112; id. Div. 1, 23, 46; Hor. C. 2, 2, 17; 3, 29, 27; called Cyrus Major, Lact. 4, 5, 7.
- II. Cyrus Minor, a brother of Artaxerxes Mnemon, killed in the battle at Cunaxa, Cic. Div. 1, 25, 52; id. Sen. 17, 59; Nep. Alcib. 9, 5.
- III. An architect of the time of Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 2; id. Att. 2, 3, 2; id. Mil. 17, 46.
Hence,
- B. Cȳrēa, ōrum, n., the structures raised by him, Cic. Att. 4, 10, 2.
- IV. The name of a youth, Hor. C. 1. 33, 6; 1, 17, 25.
- V. A river of Albania, Plin. 6, 9, 10, § 26 sq.; Mel. 3, 5, 6.