LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Lȳdē

Meaning

  1. the wife of the poet Antimachus of Claros, who attempted to console himself for her death by an elegiac poem which he named Lyde

Lȳdē, ēs, f., = Λύδη,
I. the wife of the poet Antimachus of Claros, who attempted to console himself for her death by an elegiac poem which he named Lyde: Clario Lyde dilecta poëtae, Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 1.—
II. The name of a female quack-doctor: turgida condīta pyxide Lyde, Juv. 2, 141.

Quick answers

What does Lȳdē mean in Latin?
Lȳdē, a proper noun, means “the wife of the poet Antimachus of Claros, who attempted to console himself for her death by an elegiac poem which he named Lyde”.