Narycion

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Nārycĭon, ii, n., = Ναρύκιον, Plin. 4, 17, 12, § 27; and Nāryx, ycis, f., = Νάρυξ,

I a city of the Ozolian Locrians , a colony from which built the city of Locri, in Italy, Plin. 4, 17, 12, § 27 (Jan. Narycum).

II —Hence, Nārycĭus , a, um, adj., = Ναρύκιος, of or belonging to the city of Narycion (the birthplace of Ajax Oïleus), Narycian : hic et Narycii posuerunt moenia Locri (cf. Narycion), Verg. A. 3, 399: pix, id. G. 2, 438: Lelex, a king of the Locrians , Ov. M. 8, 312: heros, i. e. the son of Ajax Oïleus, who led the colony of Locrians to Italy , id. ib. 14, 468.