Lycĭa (Lŭcĭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 73 Fleck.), ae, f., = Λυκία,
I a country of Asia Minor, between Caria and Pamphylia, where was the volcano Chimaera , Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 15, 1; 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97: Chimaerifera Lycia, Ov. M. 6, 340; Stat. Th. 8, 200; Verg. A. 7, 721.—Hence,
II Lycĭus , a, um, adj., Lycian : sagittae, Verg. A. 8, 166: pharetra, id. ib. 7, 816: cornu, id. ib. 11, 773: sortes, the oracle of Apollo at Patara, in Lycia , id. ib. 4, 346: deus, i. e. Apollo , Prop. 3 (4), 1, 38; cf. Macr. S. 1, 17: catervae, i. e. the troops of Sarpedon , Hor. C. 1, 8, 16.—
B Subst.
1 Lycĭi , ōrum, m., the Lycians , Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 21; id. Div. 1, 15, 25; id. Att. 6, 5, 3 et saep.—
2 Lycĭum , i, n., a kind of thorn, the juice and roots of which were used medicinally , Plin. 24, 14, 76, § 124 sq.; Cels. 5, 26, 30; 6, 7, 2; 8, 6; 9.