Ĭāpyx, ygis, m., = Ἰάπυξ,
I a son of Daedalus , who ruled in Southern Italy (Apulia or Calabria), Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102; Ov. M. 15, 52.—
B Transf.
1 A river in the south of Italy , Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102.—
2 A wind that blows in the south of Italy , the west-northwest of the Greeks , Hor. C. 1, 3, 4; Verg. A. 8, 710.—
II Deriv. Ĭāpygĭa , 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.—
B Derivv.
1 Ĭāpygĭus , a, um, adj., Iapygian : Acra, a promontory on the eastern extremity of the Tarentine Gulf , Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 100.—
2 Ĭāpyx , 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.—
3 Ĭāpygēus , i, m. (sc. ventus), the wind usually called Iapyx (v. supra), App. de Mundo, p. 63, 20.