Lilybaeum

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

Lĭlybaeum or -ŏn (Ov. M. 13, 726), i, n., = Λιλύβαιον,

I a promontory on the southern coast of Sicily, with a town of the same name , now Capo Boeo , Mel. 2, 7; 15; 16; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; 17, 56; Liv. 25, 31; 27, 5; Ov. M. 5, 351 al.—Called also Lĭlybē , ēs, f., acc. to the Gr. Λιλύβη, Prisc. Perieg. 482.—Hence,

A Lĭlybaetānus , a, um, adj., Lilybaean, of Lilybaeum : Lyso Lilybaetanus, Cic. Fam. 13, 34: mulier, id. Div. in Caecil. 17. —

B Lĭlybaeus , a, um, adj., Lilybaean : litus, Luc. 4, 583.—

C Lĭlybēĭus , a, um, adj., Lilybaean : vada, Verg. A. 3, 706.

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