Scȳros or Scȳrus, i, f., = Σκῦρος,
I an island of the Aegean Sea , opposite Euboea , now Skyro; here Achilles was concealed by Lycomedes , whose daughter Deïdamia became by him the mother of Pyrrhus; nom. Scyros, Cat. 64, 35; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 69; Stat. Ach. 2, 18; acc. Scyron, Mel. 2, 7, 8; Ov. M. 7, 464; 13, 156: Scyrum, Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1; Col. 9, 14, 19.—Hence,
A Scȳrĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Scyros , Scyrian : litora, Stat. Ach. 2, 103: lapis, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233 (Jahn, Syrius): Deïdamia, Prop. 2, 9, 16; also called Scyria virgo, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 16: juvenis, i. e. Pyrrhus , Sen. Troad. 976; cf. membra, i. e. of Pyrrhus , Ov. H. 8, 112: pubes, his forces , Verg. A. 2, 477.—
B Scȳrē-tĭcus , a, um, adj., of Scyros : metallum, Plin. 31, 2, 20, § 29.—
C Scȳrĭăs , ădis, adj. f. , Scyrian : puella, i. e. Deïdamia , Ov. A. A. 1, 682.—Subst.: Scȳrĭădes , um, f., Scyrian maidens , Stat. Ach. 1, 367.—
D Scȳrēis , ĭdis, f., a Scyrian maiden , Stat. Ach. 2, 147.