Caicus

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

Căīcus (Căȳcus, Ov. M. 12, 111), i, m., = Κάικος.

I A river of Greater Mysia , which takes its rise on Mt. Teuthras , passes near Pergamus , and flows into the sea opposite Lesbos; now the Bakhir Tchai , Cic. Fl. 29, 72; Liv. 37, 18, 6; Mel. 1, 18, 1; Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 121; Verg. G. 4, 370; Ov. M. 2, 243; 15, 278; Luc. 3, 203.—

II One of the companions of Aeneas , Verg. A. 1, 183; 9, 35.

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