Blemmyae

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

Blemmyae or Blĕmyae, ārum (also Blemyes, Avien. Descr. Orb. 329; and Blemyi, ōrum, Prisc. Perieg. 209), m., = Βλέμυες,

an Ethiopian people , Mel. 1, 4, 4; 1, 4, 8 fin. ; Vop. Aur. 33, 4; Prob. 17; Claud Nil. 19; acc. to the fable, without head and eyes, and with the mouth in the breast, Mel. 8 fin. ; Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 46; Isid. Orig. 11, 3, 17; Sol. 3, 4.