proper noun
Phryx
Meaning
- a river in Ionia
Phryx, Phrўgis, m., = Φρύξ,
I. a river in Ionia, rising in Lydia, and falling into the Hermus, otherwise called Hyllus, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 119;
oftener, Phrygius amnis, Liv. 37, 37, 9; 37, 38, 2; cf. Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 119; Strab. 13, 4, 5.Phryx, Phrўgis, v. Phryges
I. init. and G.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Phryx ygis, adj.,
Phrygian: augur, Iu.—As subst m. sing., V., O., Iu.—Usu. plur., Φρύγες, a luxurious people of Asia Minor, C., O., Ph., Iu. —The Trojans, H., O.—The Phrygians were regarded as stupid; hence, prov.: Phrygem plagis fieri solere meliorem.