I.a city of Crete, east of Gnossus, a colony of the Lacedæmonians, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59.—Hence, Lyctĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lyctus, Lyctian, Cretan: “Lyctius Idomeneus,” Verg. A. 3, 401: “classis,” i. e. the Cretan, Ov. M. 7, 490.
Lyctus or -os , i, f., = Λύκτος,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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