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Bebryces

Bebryces · m

a people inhabiting Bebrycia

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1. Bēbrȳ^ces — Lewis & Short

Bēbrȳ^ces, cum (m., = *be/bru=kes,

acc. -cas, Val. Fl. 4, 315),
I a people inhabiting Bebrycia, a province of Asia Minor, afterwards called Bithynia, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 127; Val. Fl. 4, 315.—
II Derivv.
A Bē-brȳ^cĭa, ae, f., = *bebruki/a, the province inhabited by the Bebrycians, afterwards Bithynia, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 5, 373; Val. Fl. 5, 502; y long in Avien. Perieg. 974.—
B Bēbryx, ȳ^cis, m., a Bebrycian, Val. Fl. 4, 315; and, kat' e)coxh/n, an ancient king in Bebrycia, also called Amycus, who, being powerful in the contest with the cœ-stus, was accustomed to sacrifice foreigners whom he had vanquished, but was finally himself overcome by Pollux, and slain, Val. Fl. 4, 261 and 290: Bebryca (acc. Gr.), Stat. Achill. 1, 190.—
C Bēbrȳ^cĭus, a, um. adj., pertaining to the province Bebrycia, of Bebrycia: gens, Verg. A. 5, 373: regnum, Val. Fl. 4, 99: fretum, id. 4, 220.—
2 Pertaining to King Bebryx: harena, upon which Pollux fought with Amycus, Stat. S. 4, 5, 28: nemus, in which Amycus lay in wait for foreigners, id. Th. 3, 352: cruor, the blood shed by him, Tert. Carm. Sod. 2.—Also pertaining to the Bithynian king Prusias: hospes, Sid. Carm. 2, 304.

2. Bēbrȳces — Lewis & Short

Bēbrȳces, cum, m., = *be/bru=kes [perh. of kindred origin with the preced.],

I a people in Gallia Narbonensis, on the Pyrenees, Sil. 3, 423 sq.
II Derivv.
A Bēbryx, ȳcis, m., a Bebrycian; kat' e)coxh/n, an ancient king of the Bebrycians, whose daughter Pyrene gave name to the mountains there, Sil. 3, 423.—
B Bēbrycĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to King Bebryx, Bebrycian: aula, Sil. 3, 443: virgo, i. e. Pyrene, id. 3, 420.

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