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Cīnyps , nypis, m., = Κίνυψ or Κίνυφος,
I.a river flowing through a very fruitful region in Libya, between the two Syrtes, now Cinifo or Wady Khahan, Mel. 1, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 27; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 251.— Hence,
II. Cīnyphĭus , a, um, adj., pertaining to the Cinyps, found about the Cinyps: “chelydri,” Ov. M. 7, 272: “hirci,” Verg. G. 3, 312: “tonsor,” Mart. 8, 51: “aristae,” Claud. Eutr. 1, 405; cf. “Ov P. 2, 7, 25: Macae,” living near the Cinyps, Sil. 3, 275: “Pelates,” Ov. M. 5, 124.—
b. In gen., Libyan, African: “Juba,” Ov. M. 15, 755: “orae,” Claud. B. Gild. 9: “pestes, i. e. serpentes,” Luc. 9, 787.
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 (7):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.755
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.124
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.272
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.312
    • Lucan, Civil War, 9.787
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.27
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 8.51
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