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Ăbȳdus and Ăbȳdos , i (in MSS. also Aboedus ), f. (m., Verg. G. 1, 207), = Α῎βυδος,
I.a town in Mysia, on the narrowest point of the Hellespont, opposite Sestos, now perh. Aidos or Avido, Mel. 1, 9, 1; Auct. Her. 4, 54, 68: “ostrifer,” Verg. G. 1, 207: “mea,” Ov. H. 18, 127; 19, 30 al.: “Abydum oppidum,” Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 141.—
II. Hence deriv.: Ăbȳdēnus , a, um, adj., belonging to Abydus: “juvenis, i. e. Leander,” Stat. S. 1, 2, 87; the same absol.: “Abydenus,” Ov. H. 18, 1.—In plur.: Ăbȳdēni , the inhabitants of Abydus, Liv. 31, 16.
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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    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.207
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 16
    • Statius, Silvae, 1.2
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