Libs

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

Libs (Lips), ĭbis, adj., = Λίψ,

I Libyan; subst., a Libyan; of Antaeus , Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

II The west-south-west wind : ab occasu brumali Africus: Noton et Liba nominant, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119: velivolique maris constrator leuconotos libs, Aus. Technopaegn. de Deis, 12.—Form Lips: Africus furibundus apud Graecos Lips dicitur, Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 5; cf. Suet. Fragm. § 151 (p. 231 Reiffersch.).