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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.
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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