I. A town in Magna Græcia, noted for the effeminacy and debauchery of its inhabitants, afterwards called Thurii, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28; Liv. 26, 39, 7; Plin. 7, 22, 22, § 86; 3, 11, 15, § 97; Ov. M. 15, 51.—Hence,
2. Sybărītānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sybaris, Sybaritan: “ager,” Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2: “exercitus,” Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 157.—
3. Sybărītĭcus , a, um, adj., of Sybaris, Sybaritan: libelli, Sybaritan, i. e. lewd, obscene, Mart. 12, 96, 2; Lampr. Elag. 30.—
4. Sybărītis , ĭdis, f., the name of a lascivious poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 417. —
II. Masc.
A. The river on which Sybaris was situated, now Coscile, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97; Ov. M. 15, 315.—
B. The name of a young man; acc. Sybarin, Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.