Lȳdĭa, ae, f., = Λυδία,
I a country in Asia Minor, the capital of which was Sardis, the fabled original land of the Etruscans , Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4; Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Liv. 38, 39, 16 et saep.—Hence,
A Lȳdĭus , a, um, adj.
1 Lydian : regna, of Gyges , Tib. 4, 1, 199: aurifer amnis, i. e. Pactolus , id. 3, 3, 29: mitra, Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 30: pensa, which Omphale gave to Hercules , Mart. 9, 66, 11: nurus, i. e. Omphale , Sen. Oet. 371: sil. Plin. 33, 13, 56, § 160: lapis, a touchstone (at first found only on the Tmolus), id. 33, 8, 43, § 126: moduli, id. 7, 56, 57, § 204.—
β Subst.: Lydĭon , i, n., a kind of brick , Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 171.—
2 Transf.
a Etruscan : Lydius fluvius, i. e. the Tiber , Verg. A. 2, 781: ripa, the right bank of the Tiber , Stat. S. 4, 4, 6: stagna, the Trasimene Lake , Sil. 9, 11.— ( Lydii , false read. for ludii; v. ludius).—
b Rhaetian (because the Rhaetians were descended from the Etruscans, the descendants of the Lydians): undae, the Lake Benacus , Cat. 31, 13.—
B Lȳdus , a, um, adj., Lydian : Lydus servus, Cic. Fl. 27, 65: puella, i. e. Omphale , Ov. F. 2, 365: Lydae pondera gazae (i. e. aurum Pactoli), Stat. S. 5, 1, 60: nurus, Val. Fl. 4, 369.—
2 Transf., Etrurian, Etruscan .— As subst.: Lȳdi , ōrum, m.: Lydorum manus, a band of Etruscans , Verg. A. 9, 11.