Mopsopius

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

Mopsŏpĭus, a, um, adj., = Μοψόπιος,

of or belonging to Mopsopia (Μοψοπία, an old name of Attica), Mopsopian, Attic, Athenian (only poet.): Mopsopius juvenis, i. e. Triptolemus , Ov. M. 5, 661: muri, i. e. of Athens, id. ib. 6, 423: urbs, Athens , id. H. 8, 72.—As subst.: Mopsŏpĭa , ae, f.: Mopsopia tota, i. e. all Athens or all Attica , Sen. Hippol. 121; 1276.

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