Bebryces

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

Bēbrȳ̆ces, cum (acc. -cas, Val. Fl. 4, 315), m., = Βέβρῦκες,

I a people inhabiting Bebrycia , a province of Asia Minor , afterwards called Bithynia , Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 127; Val. Fl. 4, 315.—

II Derivv.

A Bē-brȳ̆cĭa , ae, f., = Βεβρυκία, the province inhabited by the Bebrycians , afterwards Bithynia , Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 5, 373; Val. Fl. 5, 502; y long in Avien. Perieg. 974.—

B Bēbryx , ȳ̆cis, m., a Bebrycian , Val. Fl. 4, 315; and, κατʼ ἐξοχήν, an ancient king in Bebrycia , also called Amycus , who , being powerful in the contest with the caestus , was accustomed to sacrifice foreigners whom he had vanquished , but was finally himself overcome by Pollux , and slain , Val. Fl. 4, 261 and 290: Bebryca (acc. Gr.), Stat. Ach. 1, 190.—

C Bēbrȳ̆cĭus , a, um. adj., pertaining to the province Bebrycia , of Bebrycia : gens, Verg. A. 5, 373: regnum, Val. Fl. 4, 99: fretum, id. 4, 220.—

2 Pertaining to King Bebryx : harena, upon which Pollux fought with Amycus , Stat. S. 4, 5, 28: nemus, in which Amycus lay in wait for foreigners , id. Th. 3, 352: cruor, the blood shed by him , Tert. Carm. Sod. 2.—Also pertaining to the Bithynian king Prusias : hospes, Sid. Carm. 2, 304.

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