Cytorus

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

Cytōrus (-ŏs), i, m., = Κύτωρος,

I a mountain abounding in boxwood, and a town upon it, in Paphlagonia , now Kidros , Mel. 1, 19, 8; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 5; Cat. 4, 13; Verg. G. 2, 437; Val. Fl. 5, 106 al.—Hence,

II Cytōrĭăcus , a, um, adj., of Cytorus, Cytorian : de monte, Ov. M. 6, 132: pecten, i. e. made of boxwood , id. ib. 4, 311.—

III Cytōrĭus , a, um, adj., of Cytorus : in jugo, Cat. 4, 11: montes, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 71.

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