proper noun
Bēbrȳ^ces
Meaning
- a people inhabiting Bebrycia
Bēbrȳ^ces, cum (acc. -cas, Val. Fl. 4, 315), m., = Βέβρῦκες,
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., = Βεβρυκία, 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, κατʼ ἐξοχήν, 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.Bēbrȳces, cum, m., = Βέβρῦκες [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; κατʼ ἐξοχήν, 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.