Abydus

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

Ăbȳdus and Ăbȳdos, i (in MSS. also Aboedus), f. (m., Verg. G. 1, 207), = Ἄβυδος,

I a town in Mysia , on the narrowest point of the Hellespont , opposite Sestos , now perh. Aidos or Avido , Mel. 1, 9, 1; Auct. Her. 4, 54, 68: ostrifer, Verg. G. 1, 207: mea, Ov. H. 18, 127; 19, 30 al.: Abydum oppidum, Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 141.—

II Hence deriv.: Ăbȳdēnus , a, um, adj., belonging to Abydus : juvenis, i. e. Leander, Stat. S. 1, 2, 87; the same absol. : Abydenus, Ov. H. 18, 1.—In plur.: Ăbȳdēni , the inhabitants of Abydus , Liv. 31, 16.

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