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Mȳsĭa , ae, f., = Μυσία,
I.a country of Asia Minor, divided into Lesser Mysia, on the Hellespont, and Greater Mysia, on the Ægean Sea, Mel. 1, 18, 1; Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 143; Cic. Or. 8, 25; Luc. 3, 203; Inscr. Orell. 2274; 3664.—
II. Derivv.
A. Mȳ-sĭcus , a, um, adj., for Mysius, Mysian (post-Aug.): “scammonium,” Plin. 26, 8, 38, § 60.—
B. Mȳsĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mysia, Mysian (class.): “homo,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6.—
C. Mȳsus , a, um, adj., = Μυσός, of or belonging to Mysia, Mysian: “Mysus juvenis,” i. e. Telephus, king of Mysia, Prop. 2, 1, 65: “dux, the same,” Ov. P. 2, 2, 26: “Căīcus,” id. M. 15, 277.—Subst.: “Mysus aut Phryx,” Cic. Or. 8, 27; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19.—In plur.: Mȳsi , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Mysia, the Mysians: “si quis despicatui ducitur, ut Mysorum ultimus esse dicatur,” Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Liv. 37, 40, 8; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 125.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 1.1.6
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.277
    • Lucan, Civil War, 3.203
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 26.60
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 40.8
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 2.2
    • Cicero, Orator, 8.25
    • Cicero, Orator, 8.27
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