Sybăris, is, f., = Σύβαρις.
I A town in Magna Graecia , noted for the effeminacy and debauchery of its inhabitants , afterwards called Thurii, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28; Liv. 26, 39, 7; Plin. 7, 22, 22, § 86; 3, 11, 15, § 97; Ov. M. 15, 51.—Hence,
1 Sybărīta , ae, m., an inhabitant of Sybaris , a Sybarite , Sen. Ira, 2, 25, 2; Quint. 3, 7, 24.—
2 Sybărītānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sybaris , Sybaritan : ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2: exercitus, Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 157.—
3 Sybărītĭcus , a, um, adj., of Sybaris , Sybaritan : libelli, Sybaritan , i. e. lewd , obscene , Mart. 12, 96, 2; Lampr. Elag. 30.—
4 Sybărītis , ĭdis, f., the name of a lascivious poem , Ov. Tr. 2, 417. —
II Masc.
A The river on which Sybaris was situated , now Coscile , Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97; Ov. M. 15, 315.—
B The name of a young man; acc. Sybarin, Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.