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Lĭgdus (Lygdus), i, m., a Cretan, the husband of Telethusa, and father of Iphis, who, on the day of her wedding, was turned into a man, Ov. M. 9, 669, 683.

Ligii (Lygii), ōrum, m., a Germanic people on the Weser, Tac. G. 43; id. A. 12, 29; 30.

lūtra (lȳtra), ae, f. [luo], an otter, Plin. 8, 30, 47, § 109; 32, 11, 53, § 144; form lytra, Varr. L. L. 5, § 79 Müll.

Lyaeus, i, m., = Λυαῖος, Lyæus, the relaxer, unbender, deliverer from care.

  1. I. A surname of Bacchus: patri Lyaeo, Verg. A. 4, 58: corniger Lyaeus, Ov. Am. 3, 15, 17; id. M. 4, 11; 8, 274; 11, 68; Verg. G. 2, 229 al.
  2. II. Transf., wine: uda Lyaeo Tempora, Hor. C. 1, 7, 22: Curam Dulci Lyaeo solvere, id. Epod. 9, 37: illic apposito narrabis multa Lyaeo, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 49.
    Hence, Lyaeus, a, um, adj.: regales inter mensas laticemque Lyaeum, the Lyæan liquid, i. e. wine, Verg. A. 1, 686.

Lycăbas, ae, m., = Λυκάβας.

  1. I. A Tuscan who fled from his country on account of a murder, and who, for a slight shown to Bacchus, was changed into a dolphin, Ov. M. 3, 624.
  2. II. An Assyrian, Ov. M. 5, 60.
  3. III. A Centaur, Ov. M. 12, 302.

Lycaeus, i, m., = Λυκαῖος,

  1. I. a mountain in Arcadia (now Dhiaforti), where Jupiter and Pan were worshipped, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21; Verg. G. 4, 539; Ov. M. 1, 217; Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 17; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 343 and 344: saxa Lycaei, Verg. E. 10, 15.
    Hence,
  2. II. Lycaeus, a, um, adj., Lycean: Panos de more Lycaei, Verg. A. 8, 344: collis, Ov. M. 1, 698: nemus, id. ib. 8, 317: deus, i. e. Pan, Val. Fl. 6, 533.

Lycambes, ae, m., = Λυκάμβης,

  1. I. a Theban who promised his daughter to Archilochus, and afterwards refused her; for which he was pursued by the poet with such bitter sarcasm that he hung both himself and his daughter: qualis Lycambae spretus infido gener, Hor. Epod. 6, 13; cf. id. Ep. 1, 19, 30.
    Hence,
  2. II. Lycambēus, a, um, adj., of Lycambes: sanguis, Ov. Ib. 54.

1. Lycāon, ŏnis, m., = Λυκάων,

  1. I. a king of Arcadia, father of Callisto, whom Jupiter, because he had defiled his altar with human sacrifices, turned into a wolf; acc. to Ovid, because he had tried to murder Jupiter himself, who was his guest, Ov. M. 1, 198; Hyg. Fab. 176 sq.; Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 10; acc. Lycaona, id. ib. 2, 526.
    1. B. His grandson, also called Arcas, Ov. F. 6, 225.
      Hence,
  2. II.
    1. A. Lycāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lycaon, Lycaonian: mensa, Ov. Ib. 433: parens, i. e. Callisto, id. M. 2, 496; cf. Cat. 66, 66: Arctos, i. e. Callisto as the constellation of the Bear, Ov. F. 3, 793; 6, 235.
      Hence, axis, the northern sky, where the constellation of the Bear is situated, Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 2.
    2. B. Lycāŏnis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Lycaon, i. e. Callisto, Ov. F. 2, 173.

2. lycāon, ŏnis, m., = λυκάων, an animal of the wolf kind, Mela, 3, 9, 2; Plin. 8, 34, 52, § 123; Sol. 3.

Lycāŏnes, um, m., = Λυκάονες,

  1. I. the Lycaonians, a people of Asia Minor, between Cappadocia, Cilicia, and Pisidia, Mel. 1, 2, 5; Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 105.
    Hence,
  2. II. Lycāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Lycaonian: Lycaoniumque Ericeten, Verg. A. 10, 749.
    1. B. Subst.: Lycāŏnia, ae, f., the country of the Lycaonians, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 3; Liv. 37, 54, 11; 38, 39; Vulg. Act. 14, 6.
      Hence, adv.: Lycāŏnĭcē, in the dialect of Lycaonia: dicentes, Vulg. Act. 14, 10.

Lycāŏnis, idis, v. 1. Lycaon, II. B.

Lycāŏnĭus, a, um, v. 1. Lycaon, II. A. and Lycaones.

lycapsos, f., = λύκαψος, alkanet, Plin. 27, 11, 73, § 97 (al. lycopsis).

Lycaūnŭs, i, m., the name of a warrior, Sil. 4, 203.

Lycē, ēs, f., = Λύκη, the name of a woman, Hor. C. 4, 13, 1.

Lycēum, v. Lycium.

lychnĭcus, a, um, adj., = λυχνικός, luminous, shining: lapis, a kind of white marble, also called lychnites, Hyg. Fab. 223.

Lychnĭdum, i, n., and Lychnĭdus, i, f., = Λυχνιδός, a city of Illyria, near the Haliacmon, in the territory of the Dessaretes, Liv. 27, 32; 43, 9; 10; 21.

lychnĭon, i, n., = λυχνίον, a lamp, light, Isid. 17, 9, 73.

lychnis, ĭdis, adj. f., = λυχνίς, lightgiving, shining.

  1. I. Lit.: lychnides puellae, girls with lamps, Fulg. Myth. prooem. 1.
  2. II. Subst.: lychnis, ĭdis, f.
    1. A. A kind of rose of a fiery red, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18.
    2. B. Lychnis agria, another plant, Plin. 25, 10, 80, § 129.
    3. C. A gem of a fiery color, Plin. 37, 7, 29, § 103.

lychnītes, ae, m., = λυχνίτης, a kind of white marble, which was quarried in the Isle of Paros by lamp-light, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14.

lychnītis, ītĭdis, f., = λυχνῖτις, a plant from which wicks were made, Plin. 25, 10, 74, § 121

lychnŏbĭus, ii, m., = λυχνόβιος, one who lives by lamp-light, who turns night into day, Sen. Ep. 122, 17; v. lucifuga.

lychnūchus, i, m., = λυχνοῦχος, a lamp-stand, candlestick, chandelier: ligneolus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 7, 2: pensiles, Plin. 34, 3, 8, § 14; Suet. Dom. 4; id. Caes. 37.

lychnus (old Latinized form lucinus, Enn.; cf. Ritschl in Rhein. Mus. 10, p. 448 sq.), i, m., = λύχνος, a light, a lamp: pendentes lychni, Lucr. 5, 295: lux alia est solis et lychnorum, Cic. Cael. 28, 67; Verg. A. 1, 726; Stat. Th. 1, 520.

Lycĭa (Lŭcĭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 73 Fleck.), ae, f., = Λυκία,

  1. I. a country of Asia Minor, between Caria and Pamphylia, where was the volcano Chimæra, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 15, 1; 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97: Chimaerifera Lycia, Ov. M. 6, 340; Stat. Th. 8, 200; Verg. A. 7, 721.
    Hence,
  2. II. Lycĭus, a, um, adj., Lycian: sagittae, Verg. A. 8, 166: pharetra, id. ib. 7, 816: cornu, id. ib. 11, 773: sortes, the oracle of Apollo at Patara, in Lycia, id. ib. 4, 346: deus, i. e. Apollo, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 38; cf. Macr. S. 1, 17: catervae, i. e. the troops of Sarpedon, Hor. C. 1, 8, 16.
    1. B. Subst.
      1. 1. Lycĭi, ōrum, m., the Lycians, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 21; id. Div. 1, 15, 25; id. Att. 6, 5, 3 et saep.
      2. 2. Lycĭum, i, n., a kind of thorn, the juice and roots of which were used medicinally, Plin. 24, 14, 76, § 124 sq.; Cels. 5, 26, 30; 6, 7, 2; 8, 6; 9.

Lycĭdas, ae, m., = Λυκίδας,

  1. I. one of the Centaurs, who endeavored to carry off Hippodamia from Pirithoüs, Ov. M. 12, 310.
  2. II. The name of a beautiful boy, Hor. C. 1, 4, 19.
  3. III. The name of a shepherd, Verg. E. 7, 67; 9, 12.

Lycīmnĭa (Lĭcȳm-), ae, f., the name of the wife of a king of Lydia, Verg. A. 9, 546 (al. Licymnia).

Lycimnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the town of Lycimna (in Argolis), Lycimnian: stagna, Stat. Th. 4, 734.

Lycinna, ae, f., the name of a girl, Prop. 3, (4), 13, 6.

Lycisca, ae, and Lyciscē, ēs, f.

  1. I. The name of a bitch, Verg. E. 3, 18; Ov. M. 3, 220.
  2. II. A vile woman, Juv. 6, 122.

lyciscus, i, m., = λυκίσκος,

  1. I. a wolfdog: lycisci dicuntur canes nati ex lupis et canibus, cum inter se forte miscentur, Isid. Orig. 12, 2.
  2. II. Lyciscus, the name of a beautiful boy, Hor. Epod. 11, 24.
  3. III. A boy whose statue was made by Leochares, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79.

1. Lycĭum, and Lycĭus, a, um, v. Lycia, II.

2. Lycīum (less correctly Lycēum, v. Ellendt ad Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 98), i, n., = Λύκειον,

  1. I. a gymnasium very near Athens, in which Aristotle taught, Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 98; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17; id. Div. 1, 13, 22; Liv. 31, 24, 18; Gell. 20, 5, 4.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The upper gymnasium of Cicero’s Tusculan villa, with a library in it, Cic. Div. 1, 5, 8; 2, 3, 8.
    2. B. A gymnasium of the emperor Hadrian at his Tiburtine villa, Spart. Hadr. 27.

Lyco, ōnis, m., a Peripatetic philosopher, a follower of Strato of Lampsacus, Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 78.

Lycŏmēdes, is, m., = Λυκομήδης, a king of the Isle of Scyros, with whom Achilles concealed himself disguised in female attire, and whose daughter Deidamia bore to the latter Pyrrhus or Neoptolemus, Cic. Lael. 20, 75 (where Neoptolemus is erroneously spoken of instead of Achilles); Stat. Achill. 1, 207.

Lycŏmēdius, v. lucumo, II. A.

Lycōnĭdēs, ae, m., the name of a man, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 49.

1. lycŏphon, a plant, also called scelerata, App. Herb. 8.

2. Lycŏphōn, ōntis, m., the name of a warrior, Stat. Th. 2, 610.

lycŏphōs, ōtis, n., = λυκο:φως, the morning twilight, Macr. S. 1, 17, 37, p. 292 Bip.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.

Lycŏphron, ŏnis, m., = Λυκόφρων, Lycophron of Chalcis, in Eubœa, the author of Cassandra, an Alexandrine grammarian and tragedian of the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus: utque cothurnatum periisse Lycophrona narrant, Ov. Ib. 531: latebrae Lycophronis atri, so called from his obscure style, Stat. S. 5, 3, 157.

lycophthalmos, i, m., = λυκόφθαλμος (wolf’s-eye), a precious stone, Plin. 37, 11, 72, § 187; cf. Isid. 16, 15, 20.

lycopsis (al. lycapsos), is, f., = λυκοψίς, the wild bugloss, a plant resembling the alkanet, Plin. 27, 11, 73, § 97.

Lycōreus, ei and eos, m., a son of Apollo, Hyg. Fab. 161.

Lycōrĭas, ădis, f., = Λυκωριάς, a seanymph, daughter of Nereus and Doris, Verg. G. 4, 339; Hyg. Fab. praef.

Lycōris, ĭdis (acc. -orida, Ov. A. A. 3, 537; voc. Lycori, Verg. E. 10, 42; Mart. 1, 102, 1), f., also called Cythere, a freedwoman of the senator Volumnius Eutrapelus, the mistress of Cornelius Gallus, and afterwards of Marc Antony, Verg. E. 10, 22; 42; Ov. A. A. 3, 537; id. Am. 1, 15, 29 sq.; id. Tr. 2, 445; Prop. 2, 25 (3, 32), 91; Mart. 8, 73, 6.

Lycormas, ae, m., = Λυκόρμας, a river of Ætolia, Ov. M. 2, 245; afterwards called Chrysorrhoas, Hyg. Fab. 242.

Lycortas, ae, m., = Λυκόρτας, a general (strategos, στρατηγός) of the Achæan League, Liv. 39, 35; 36.

lycos, i, m., = λύκος, a kind of spider: araneus, et maxume qui lycos vocatur, Plin. 30, 6, 17, § 52; acc. lycon, id. 30, 11, 30, § 104.

Lycōtas, ae, m.,

  1. I. one of the Centaurs at the wedding of Pirithoüs, Ov. M. 12, 350.
  2. II. A fictitious name of a man, probably meaning Postumius, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 1.

Lycŏtherses, is, m., a king of Illyria, whom his wife Agave, the daughter of Cadmus, murdered, in order to give the kingdom to her father, Hyg. Fab. 184; 340; 254.

Lyctus or -os, i, f., = Λύκτος, a city of Crete, east of Gnossus, a colony of the Lacedæmonians, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59.
Hence, Lyctĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lyctus, Lyctian, Cretan: Lyctius Idomeneus, Verg. A. 3, 401: classis, i. e. the Cretan, Ov. M. 7, 490.

Lycurgus, i, m., = Λυκοῦργος.

  1. I. Son of Dryas, king of the Edones, who prohibited the worship of Bacchus to his subjects, and ordered all the vines to be destroyed, Ov. M. 4, 22; Prop. 4, 16, 23; Stat. Th. 4, 386; Hor. C. 2, 19, 16; Hyg. Fab. 132; 242.
  2. II. Son of Pheres, a king of Nemea, Stat. Th. 5, 39.
  3. III. Son of Aleus and Neæra, and father of Ancæus, a king of Arcadia; hence, Ly-curgīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Lycurgus, i. e. Ancæus, Ov. Ib. 503; and: Lycŏorgīdes, ae, m., the same, Prisc. 584 P.
  4. IV. The famous lawgiver of the Spartans, Cic. Div. 1, 43, 96; id. Rep. 2, 1; 2, 9, 5 sq.; id. Off. 1, 22, 76; Vell. 1, 6, 3 et saep.
  5. V. An Athenian orator, the contemporary and friend of Demosthenes, famed for his incorruptible integrity, Cic. Brut. 34, 130; id. de Or. 2, 23, 94.
    Transf., for a severe magistrate: Lycurgos invenisse se praedicabat et Cassios, columina justitiae prisca, Amm. 30, 8, 13.
    Hence, Lycur-gēi, ōrum, m., = Λυκούργειοι, disciples of Lycurgus, inflexibly severe: nosmetipsi, qui Lycurgei a principio fuissemus, cotidie demitigamur, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 3.

Lycus or -os, i, m., = Λύκος.

  1. I. Son of Pandion, king of Lycia, Mela, 1, 15, 1.
  2. II. A Theban, who, when Hercules descended into the Lower World, took possession of the sovereignty in Thebes, Hyg. Fab. 31 and 32.
  3. III. One of the Centaurs at the wedding of Pirithoüs, Ov. M. 12, 332.
  4. IV. A companion of Diomedes, Ov. M. 14, 504.
  5. V. One of the companions of Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 222.
  6. VI. An historian of Regium, the adoptive father of the tragic writer Lycophron; he wrote a history of Libya and Sicily, Plin. 31, 2, 19, § 27.
  7. VII. The name of several rivers.
    1. A. In Bithynia, the Rhyndacus, now Kilij Su, Ov. P. 4, 10, 47.
    2. B. In Great Phrygia, Ov. M. 15, 273.
    3. C. In Paphlagonia, Verg. G. 4, 367.
    4. D. In Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91.
    5. E. In Ionia, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 115.
  8. F. A river flowing into the Euphrates, Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 84.
  9. VIII. An Illyrian city in the territory of the Dessaretes, Liv. 32, 9.

Lȳdē, ēs, f., = Λύδη,

  1. I. the wife of the poet Antimachus of Claros, who attempted to console himself for her death by an elegiac poem which he named Lyde: Clario Lyde dilecta poëtae, Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 1.
  2. II. The name of a female quack-doctor: turgida condīta pyxide Lyde, Juv. 2, 141.

Lȳdĭa, ae, f., = Λυδία, 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,

  1. A. Lȳdĭus, a, um, adj.
    1. 1. 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.
        1. (β) Subst.: Lydĭon, i, n., a kind of brick, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 171.
    2. 2. Transf.
      1. a. Etruscan: Lydius fluvius, i. e. the Tiber, Verg. A. 2, 781: ripa, the right bank of the Tiber, Stat. S. 4, 4, 6: stagna, the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 9, 11.
        (Lydii, false read. for ludii; v. ludius).
      2. b. Rhætian (because the Rhætians were descended from the Etruscans, the descendants of the Lydians): undae, the Lake Benacus, Cat. 31, 13.
  2. B. 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.
    1. 2. Transf., Etrurian, Etruscan.
      As subst.: Lȳdi, ōrum, m.: Lydorum manus, a band of Etruscans, Verg. A. 9, 11.

Lygdămus, i, m., a slave of Cynthia, the mistress of Propertius, Prop. 3, 4 (4, 5), 2; 4 (5), 7, 43.

lygdĭnus, a, um, adj., = λύγδινος, of white marble: horoscopus, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 3.
Esp.: lygdinus lapis, a dazzling white marble found in the island of Paros, Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 62; Isid. Orig. 16, 5, 8 (the same as lygdos).

lygdos, i, f., = λύγδος, a white stone, = lygdinus lapis: candida, Mart. 6, 13, 3: vacua, id. 6, 42, 21.

Lygii, ōrum, v. Ligii.

Lygmon, Müller’s reading for Lucmo, Prop. 5, 1, 29.

1. lygos, i, f., = λύγος, a plant, the chaste tree, agnus castus, Abraham’s balm (in late Lat. vitex), Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 59.

2. Lygos, i, f., = Λύγος, an ancient name of Byzantium: oppidum Byzantiumantea Lygos dictum, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 46; Aus. de Clar. Urb. Carm. 1, 14.

lympha, ae, f. [νύμφη],

  1. I. water; esp. clear river or spring water (poet.): lymphae puteales, Lucr. 6, 1178: fluviali spargere lympha, Verg. A. 4, 635; Ov. M. 2, 459: vulnera lymphis abluere, id. ib. 13, 531.
    Also, the water in dropsical persons: lympha intercus, Ser. Samm. 27, 501.
  2. II. Personified: Lympha.
    1. A. A rural deity, the goddess of water, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6.
    2. B. Lymphae, i. q. Nymphae, Hor. S. 1, 5, 97; Inscr. Orell. 1639.

lymphācĕus, a, um, adj. [lympha], clear as water, clear as crystal, Mart. Cap. 6, § 569.

lymphātĭcus, a, um, adj. [lympha; cf. hydrophobia; hence, in gen.],

  1. I. distracted, frantic, panic-struck: pavor, a panic, Liv. 10, 28, 10; 7, 17, 3: metus, Sen. Ep. 13, 9: somnia, Plin. 26, 8, 34, § 52: elleborum medetur melancholicis, insanientibus, lymphaticis, id. 25, 5, 24, § 60.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Comically: lymphatici nummi, that cannot keep quiet in one’s purse, as if mad, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 135 Weise (al. lymphati).
    2. B. lymphātĭcum, i, n., the disease of a lymphaticus, insanity: faxo actutum constiterit lymphaticum, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 136.

lymphātĭo, ōnis, f. [lympho], distraction, frenzy, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 61; 34, 15, 44, § 151.

1. lymphātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. lympho.

2. lymphātus, ūs, m. [lympho], madness, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 146.

lympho, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [lympha].

  1. I. To water, dilute with water: admixto vino lymphato, id est, aqua temperato, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 68.
  2. II. To drive out of one’s senses, to distract with fear, to make mad: urbem, Val. Fl. 3, 47: urbes incursibus, Stat. Th. 7, 113: hac herba pota lymphari homines, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 164.
    As neutr.: lymphantes animi, driven crazy, mad, Plin. 27, 12, 83, § 107.
    Hence, lymphātus, a, um, P. a., distracted, crazy, beside one’s self, mad: exercitum pavor invasit: quippe lymphati trepidare coeperunt, Curt. 4, 12, 14: lymphati et attoniti, Liv. 7, 17, 3: repente lymphati destrictis gladiis invadunt, Tac. A. 1, 32: lymphatis caeco pavore animis, id. H. 1, 82: sine more furit lymphata per urbem, Verg. A. 7, 377: pectora, Ov. M. 11, 3: mens, Hor. C. 1, 37, 14: urbs, Stat. Th. 10, 557: lymphato cursu ruere, Sil. 1, 459.

lymphor, ōris, m. [lympha], water: impermixtum lymphorem, Lucil. ap. Non. 212, 4.

Lyncaestē, ēs, f., one of Actæon’s hounds, Hyg. Fab. 181.

Lyncestae, ārum, m., = Λυγκησταί,

  1. I. a people in the south-western part of Macedonia, Liv. 45, 30, 6; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 35.
    Hence,
  2. II.
    1. A. Lyncestĭus, a, um, adj., Lyncestian: amnis, Ov. M. 15, 329; v. Sen. Q. N. 3, 20 fin.
    2. B. Lyncestis, ĭdis, f. adj., Lyncestian: aqua, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 230.
    3. C. Lyncestus, a, um, adj., Lyncestian, Vitr. 8, 3, 17.

Lynceus (dissyl.), ĕi (gen. Lyncei, dissyl., Hor. S. 1, 2, 90 Orell. ad loc.; voc. Lynceu, Prop. 3, 32, 9), m., = Λυγκεύς, a Messenian, and one of the Argonauts, brother of Idas, and son of Aphareus, famed for the sharpness of his sight: non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28: Lyncei oculi, id. S. 1, 2, 90; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 462; Hyg. Fab. 14; Val. Max. 1, 8, n. 14; Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 78; Ov. F. 5, 711; Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 9.
Hence,

  1. I. Lyncēus, a, um, adj., = Λύγκειος, of Lynceus, Lyncean, Ov. F. 5, 709.
        1. b. Transf., sharp-sighted: quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2.
      1. 2. Lyncī-des, ae, m., a descendant of Lynceus, Ov. M. 5, 99; 4, 767.
  2. II. A son of Ægyptus, and husband of Hypermnestra, who alone was saved by his wife when all his brothers were put to death, Ov. H 14, 123; Hyg. Fab. 273.
  3. III. Son of Thestius, and brother of Althæa, who was slain by Meleager, Hyg. Fab. 173; 174.
  4. IV. One of the companions of Æneas; acc. Lyncĕă, Verg. A. 9, 768.

lyncūrĭon or -ĭum, ii, n., = λυγκούριον, a hard, transparent gem, which, according to the opinion of the ancients, was formed of lynxes’ urine; prob. the hyacinth or tourmaline, Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 137; 37, 2, 11, § 34; 37, 3, 13, § 52; cf. Ov. M. 15, 413; Sol. 2; Hier. Ep. 94, n. 16.
Called also lyncūrĭus, i, m., Isid. 12, 2, 20; 14, 4, 19; 16, 8, 8 (al. ligurius); and lĭgūrĭus, i, m., Hier. Ep. 64, 16; Vulg. Exod. 28, 19.

Lyncus, i, = Λύγκος.

  1. I. Masc., a Scythian king, who attempted the life of his guest, Triptolemus, and was changed by Ceres into a lynx, Ov. M. 5, 650; Hyg. Fab. 259.
  2. II. Fem., a city of Macedonia, the capital of the Lyncestae (q. v.), Liv. 26, 25, 4; 31, 33.

lynx, lyncis, com., = λύγξ, a lynx: lynces Bacchi variae (Bacchus was drawn by a team of lynxes), Verg. G. 3, 264: maculosae tegmine lyncis, id. A. 1, 323: lyncibus ad caelum vecta Ariadna tuis, Prop. 3, 15, 8 (4, 16, 18): colla lyncum, Ov. M. 4, 25: timidos agitare lyncas, Hor. C. 2, 13, 40: dejectus lyncis, a lynx-skin, Stat. Th. 4, 272.

lyo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [λύω], to make liquid, to liquefy: ptisanam, Apic. 4, 4: pulpa lyata, id. 5, 1.

lyra, ae, f., = λύρα,

  1. I. a lute, lyre, a stringed instrument resembling the cithara, fabled to have been invented by Mercury and presented to Apollo, Hyg. Astr. 2, 7: curvae lyrae parens, Hor. C. 1, 10, 6: Threiciam digitis increpuisse lyram, Ov. H. 3, 118: mox cecinit laudes prosperiore lyrā, id. A. A. 3, 50; Val. Fl. 5, 100.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Lyric poetry, song: imbellis, Hor. C. 1, 6, 10: Aeoliae Lesbis amica lyrae, Ov. Am. 2, 18, 26; id. P. 3, 3, 45.
    2. B. In gen., poetic genius: Inferior lyra, Stat. Th. 10, 445.
    3. C. Lyra, the constellation, the Lyre: exoriente Lyra, Ov. F. 1, 315; cf. Hyg. Astr. 3, 6; Varr. R. R. 2, 5.

Lyrcēĭus or Lyrcēus, a, um, adj., Lyrcean, of or near the Mount Lyrceum (Λύρκειον) between Arcadia and Argolis: tellus, Val. Fl. 4, 355: Lyrcea arva, Ov. M. 1, 598.

Lyrcīus or Lyrcēus (Lyrcaeus), i, m., a fountain in the Peloponnesus: aret Lyrcius (Lyrceus), Stat. Th. 4, 711.

lyrĭcen, ĭnis, m. [lyra-cano], a luteplayer, lyrist: fidicen, lyricen, cornicen, liticen, Aug. de Gramm. p. 1977 P.; cf.: lyricen, λυρῳδός, Gloss. Philox.

lyrĭcus, a, um, adj. [lyra], of or belonging to the lute or lyre, lyric: lyrici soni, Ov. F. 2, 94: vates, Hor. C. 1, 1, 35: senex, i. e. Anacreon, Ov. Tr. 2, 364: regnator lyricae cohortis, i. e. Pindar, Stat. S. 4, 7, 5.
Subst.

  1. A. lyrĭca, ōrum, n., lyric poems, Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 3; 3, 1, 7.
  2. B. lyrĭcus, i, m., = λυρικο:ς, a lyric poet, Sid. Ep. 4, 1: Bacchylides, Amm. 25, 4, 3.
    Usually plur.: lyrĭci, ōrum, m., lyric poets, Quint. 9, 4, 53; 1, 8, 6; 8, 6, 71; 10, 1, 96; 61 (in Cic. Or. 55, written in Gr. letters, λυρικοί).

lyristes, ae, m., = λυριστής, a luteplayer, lyrist: audisses lectorem, vel lyristen, Plin. Ep. 1, 15, 2; 9, 17, 3; 9, 36, 4; Sid. Ep. 8, 11.

Lyrnēsus (Lyrnessus), i, f., = Λυρνησός, a town in Troas, the birthplace of Briseis, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 122: Lyrnessi domus alta, Verg. A. 12, 547.
Hence,

  1. A. Lyrnēsĭus (Lyrnessius), a, um, adj., Lyrnesian: moenia, Ov. M. 12, 108; 13, 176; id. H. 3, 45.
  2. B. Lyrnēsis (Lyr-nessis), ĭdis, f. adj. (only used as subst.), the Lyrnesian (sc. maid or woman): abductā Lyrnesside tristis Achilles, i. e. Briseis, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 15: audierat, Lyrnessi, tuos, abducta, dolores, id. A. A. 2, 403.

lyron, i, n., = λύρον, a plant, also called alisma, Plin. 25, 10, 77, § 124.

Lysander, dri, m., = Λύσανδρος.

  1. I. A celebrated Spartan general, conqueror of the Athenians, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76; 1, 30, 109; Nep. Lys.
  2. II. An ephor in Sparta, banished for injustice, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 80.

lysas, antis, f., a plant, also called artemisia, App. Herb. 10.

Lysĭăcus, a, um, v. Lysias, I. B.

Lysĭădes, ae, m., = Λυσιάδης, an Athenian, son of the philosopher Phædrus, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13.

Lysĭas, ae, m., = Λυσίας.

  1. I. Son of Cephalus, a famous orator of Athens: tum fuit Lysias, quem jam prope audeas oratorem perfectum dicere, Cic. Brut. 9, 35; cf. id. ib. 85, 293; id. de Or. 1, 54, 231; id. Or. 9, 29; Quint. 10, 1, 78; 12, 10, 24.
    Hence,
    1. B. Lysĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the orator Lysias: gracilitas, Quint. 12, 10, 24.
  2. II. A physician, Cels. 5, 18.
  3. III. A celebrated sculptor, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 2.

1. lysĭmăchĭa, ae, f., = λυσιμαχία, a plant, Lysimachia vulgaris, Linn.; Plin. 26, 12, 82, § 131; 26, 14, 87, § 141.

2. Lȳsĭmăchīa, ae, f., or Lȳsĭmă-chēa, = Λυσιμάχεια, a city in Thrace, now Examili, Mela, 2, 2, 6; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 48; Liv. 32, 34, 6 al.
Hence, Lȳsĭmăchĭ-enses, ĭum, m., the Lysimachians, Liv. 33, 38, 12.

lȳsĭmăchos, i, m., = λυσίμαχος, a precious stone with golden veins, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 62.

Lȳsĭmăchus, i, m., = Λυσίμαχος,

  1. I. one of the generals of Alexander the Great, afterwards king of Thrace, and founder of Lysimachia, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; 5, 40, 117; Plin. 8, 16, 61, § 143; Just. 17, 1.
  2. II. An Acarnanian, instructor of Alexander the Great, Just. 15, 3.
  3. III. The discoverer of the herb lysimachia, Plin. 25, 7, 35, § 72.
  4. IV. The name of a man, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 41.

Lysĭnŏē, ēs, f., = Λυσινόη, a city of Pisidia, Liv. 38, 15.

Lȳsippus, i, m., = Λύσιππος, a celebrated brass-founder of Sicyon, to whom alone Alexander the Great gave permission to cast a statue of him, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; id. Brut. 86, 296; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 240; Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125; 34, 7, 17, § 37; Quint. 12, 10, 9.

1. lysis, is, f., = λύσις.

  1. I. A loosening, rupture: trabes frangunt suā lysi structuras, Vitr. 6, 11.
  2. II. A talon, ogee, Vitr. 3, 4, 5; 5, 6, 6.

2. Lȳsis, is, m., a small river in Asia Minor, Liv. 38, 15, 3.

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