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Lĭlўbaeum

Lĭlўbaeum · n

a promontory on the southern coast of Sicily, with a town of the same name

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What it meant

Lĭlўbaeum — Lewis & Short

Lĭlўbaeum or -ŏn (i, n., = *lilu/baion,

Ov. M. 13, 726),

I a promontory on the southern coast of Sicily, with a town of the same name, now Capo Bœo, Mel. 2, 7; 15; 16; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; 17, 56; Liv. 25, 31; 27, 5; Ov. M. 5, 351 al.—Called also Lĭlўbē, ēs, f., acc. to the Gr. *lilu/bh, Prisc. Perieg. 482.—Hence,

A Lĭlўbaetānus, a, um, adj., Lilybæan, of Lilybæum: Lyso Lilybaetanus, Cic. Fam. 13, 34: mulier, id. Div. in Caecil. 17. —

B Lĭlўbaeus, a, um, adj., Lilybæan: litus, Luc. 4, 583.—

C Lĭlўbēĭus, a, um, adj., Lilybæan: vada, Verg. A. 3, 706.

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