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Massȳli

Massȳli · m

a people in Africa, to the east of the

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What it meant

Massȳli — Lewis & Short

Massȳli, ōrum, m., = *massu/lioi,

I a people in Africa, to the east of the Massaesyli, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30; Verg. A. 6, 60; Sil. 4, 512; 16, 171; Prud. stef. 4, 46; called Maesuli, Liv. 24, 48, 13.—Hence,

A Massȳ-lus and Massȳlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Massyli, Massylian; poet. for African: Massyli equites, Verg. A. 4, 132: serpens, that guarded the orchards of the Hesperides, Mart. 10, 94, 1: Massylia signa, Sil. 16, 184.—

B Massȳlaeus or Mas-sylēus, a, um, adj., = *massulai=os or *massulei=os, of or belonging to the Massylians, Massylian, Mart. 9, 23, 14.

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