Mysia

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

Mȳsĭa, ae, f., = Μυσία,

I a country of Asia Minor, divided into Lesser Mysia, on the Hellespont, and Greater Mysia, on the Aegean Sea , Mel. 1, 18, 1; Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 143; Cic. Or. 8, 25; Luc. 3, 203; Inscr. Orell. 2274; 3664.—

II Derivv.

A Mȳ-sĭcus , a, um, adj., for Mysius, Mysian (post-Aug.): scammonium, Plin. 26, 8, 38, § 60.—

B Mȳsĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mysia, Mysian (class.): homo, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6.—

C Mȳsus , a, um, adj., = Μυσός, of or belonging to Mysia, Mysian : Mysus juvenis, i. e. Telephus, king of Mysia , Prop. 2, 1, 65: dux, the same, Ov. P. 2, 2, 26: Căīcus, id. M. 15, 277.—Subst.: Mysus aut Phryx, Cic. Or. 8, 27; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19.—In plur.: Mȳsi , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Mysia, the Mysians : si quis despicatui ducitur, ut Mysorum ultimus esse dicatur, Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Liv. 37, 40, 8; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 125.

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