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Cȳzĭcum , i, n. (access. form analog. to the Gr. Cȳzĭcus , i, f., Prop. 3 or 4, 22, 1; and Cȳzĭcŏs , Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 29; Auct. Priap. 76, 13), = Κύζικος,
I.a town celebrated in ancient times, in Mysia, on an island or peninsula of the same name in the Propontis, now Chizico, Atraki, or Balkiz, Mel. 1, 19, 2; Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 142; Flor. 3, 5, 15; Sall. H. 3, 16 sqq.; and 4, 61, 14 Dietsch.—Hence,
II. Cȳzĭcēnus , a, um (cf. upon the formation of the word Varr. L. L. 8, § 81 Müll.), adj., of or belonging to Cyzicum: “triclinia,Vitr. 6, 10: “ostrea,Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62: “marmor,id. 5, 32, 44, § 151.—In plur.: Cȳ-cēni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cyzicum. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20; Tac. A. 4, 36 al.
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    • Cicero, On Pompey's Command, 8.20
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.36
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 32.62
    • Ovid, Tristia, 1.10
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