proper noun · masculinethird declension
Iāpyx
Iāpyx m sg (genitive Iāpygis)
Classical[iˈaː.pyks]Ecclesiastical[iˈaː.piks]
Meaning
- demonyman inhabitant of Iapygia or Salento; an Iapygian or Salentine
- Iapyx, a son of Daedalus who ruled Southern Italy
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Iāpyx | — |
| genitive | Iāpygis | — |
| dative | Iāpygī | — |
| accusative | Iāpygem | — |
| ablative | Iāpyge | — |
| vocative | Iāpyx | — |
Ĭāpyx, ўgis, m., = Ἰάπυξ,
I. a son of Dœdalus, who ruled in Southern Italy (Apulia or Calabria), Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102; Ov. M. 15, 52.—
B. Transf.
1. A river in the south of Italy, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102.—
2. A wind that blows in the south of Italy, the west-northwest of the Greeks, Hor. C. 1, 3, 4; Verg. A. 8, 710.—
II. Deriv. ĭāpўgĭa, ae, f., that part of Southern Italy (Apulia or Calabria) over which Iapyx ruled, Iapygia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102; Ov. M. 15, 703; Serv. Verg. G. 3, 475.—
B. Derivv.
1. ĭāpўgĭus, a, um, adj., Iapygian:
Acra, a promontory on the eastern extremity of the Tarentine Gulf, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 100.— 2. ĭāpyx, ўgis, adj., Iapygian, also for Apulian, Calabrian:
campus, Sil. 1, 51; 3, 707: equus, Verg. A. 11, 678: Garganus, id. ib. 11, 247: Daunus, as king of Apulia, Ov. M. 14, 458; 510.—3. ĭāpўgēus, i, m. (sc. ventus), the wind usually called Iapyx (v. supra), App. de Mundo, p. 63, 20.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Iāpyx ygis, adj.,
of Iapyx, Iapygian, Apulian, Calabrian: equus, V.—As subst: Daunus, i. e. king of Apulia, O.; (sc. ventus), the wind from Apulia, V., H.
Origins
From the Ancient Greek Ἰᾶπυξ (Iâpux).