Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Bīthȳnĭa

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I.a very fruitful province in Asia Minor, between the Propontis and the Black Sea, where the Romans carried on a considerable trade (its inhabitants were, acc. to Herod. 7, 75, Thracians, who had wandered there), now Ejalet Anadoli, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27; id. Agr. 2, 18, 40; id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 5; id. Fam. 13, 9, 1; 12, 13, 3; Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148; Tac. A. 1, 74; 16, 18; Flor. 3, 5, 6 and 12; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 247; Vulg. Act. 16, 7.—

II. Derivv.

A. Bīthȳnĭcus , a, um, adj., Bithynian, of Bithynia: “societas,” Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2: “civitates,” Plin. Ep. 10, 115: “Nicomedes,” Flor. 3, 5, 3: “Volusius,” Juv. 15, 1.—Also an agnomen of Q. Pompeius, as conqueror of Bithynia, Fest. s. v. rutrum, p. 223; Cic. Brut. 68, 240.—And of the son of the same, Cic. Fam. 6, 16; 6, 17; 16, 23, 1.—

B. Bīthȳnĭus , a, um, adj., Bithynian: “Diophanes,” Col. 1, 1, 10.—And in plur.: Bīthȳnĭi , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Bithynia, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 69.—

C. Bīthȳ-nus (once Bithȳnus, Juv. 7, 15 Jahn), a, um, adj., Bithynian: “carina,” Hor. C. 1, 35, 7: “mare,” Tac. A. 2, 60: “tyrannus,” Juv. 10, 162: “equites,” id. 7, 15: “caseus,” Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 241: “negotia,” Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 33.—And in plur.: Bīthȳni , ōrum, m., = Βιθυνοί, the inhabitants of Bithynia, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 19, 1; 2, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145; 5, 32, 43, § 150; Tac. A. 12, 22; 14, 46; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 201; 2, 239 and 467.—

D. Bīthȳ-nis , ĭdis, f., = Βιθυνίς.

1. A Bithynian woman, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 25.—

2. A town on the island Thynias, in the Pontus Euxinus, Mel. 2, 7, 2.—

3. An otherwise unknown town in Thrace, Mel. 2, 2, 6.—

E. Bīthȳ-nĭon , ii, n., = Βιθύνιον, a town in Bithynia, afterwards called Claudiopolis, Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149.

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 (13):
- Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.9.1
- Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.9.2
- Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.16
- Cicero, On Pompey's Command, 2.5
- Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.27
- Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.18.40
- New Testament, Acts, 16.7
- Tacitus, Annales, 12.22
- Tacitus, Annales, 1.74
- Tacitus, Annales, 2.60
- Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.69
- Columella, Res Rustica, 1.1.10
- Cicero, Brutus, 68.240

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