Lampsacum

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

Lampsăcum, i, n., and Lampsă-cus (-os), i, f., = Λάμψακος,

I a city of Mysia, on the Hellespont , now Lamsaki . —Form Lampsacum, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Mel. 1, 19.—Form Lampsacus, Val. Fl. 2, 624; Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 26.—Hence,

II

A Lampsăcēnus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lampsacum, Lampsacene : urbs, Val. Max. 7, 3, 4: homines, i. e. inhabitants of Lampsacum, Lampsacenes , Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63.—Subst.: Lampsăcēni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Lampsacum, the Lampsacenes , Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 32, § 81.—

B Lampsăcĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lampsacum : versus, i. e. obscene , Mart. 11, 16, 3: puellae, id. 11, 51, 2.