Prūsĭas, ae, and Prūsĭa, ae, m., = Προυσίας,
I a king of Bithynia , who hospitably received Hannibal , but afterwards betrayed him to the Romans , Cic. Div. 2, 24, 52; Nep. Hann. 10, 1; Just. 32, 4, 2; Liv. 37, 25; Val. Max. 3, 7, 6 ext. —Form Prusia, Liv. 29, 12, 14.—Hence,
A Prūsĭăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Prusias , Prusiacan : orae, i. e. his kingdom , Sil. 13, 888.—
B Prūsĭădes , ae, m., a male descendant of (an older) Prusias , a Prusiade , applied to king Prusias himself, Varr. ap. Non. 345, 23.