I.a son of Dœdalus, who ruled in Southern Italy (Apulia or Calabria), Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102; Ov. M. 15, 52.—
B. Transf.
1. A river in the south of Italy, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102.—
2. A wind that blows in the south of Italy, the west-northwest of the Greeks, Hor. C. 1, 3, 4; Verg. A. 8, 710.—
II. Deriv. Ĭāpygĭa , ae, f., that part of Southern Italy (Apulia or Calabria) over which Iapyx ruled, Iapygia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102; Ov. M. 15, 703; Serv. Verg. G. 3, 475.—
B. Derivv.
1. Ĭāpygĭus , a, um, adj., Iapygian: “Acra,” a promontory on the eastern extremity of the Tarentine Gulf, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 100.—
2. Ĭāpyx , ygis, adj., Iapygian, also for Apulian, Calabrian: “campus,” Sil. 1, 51; 3, 707: “equus,” Verg. A. 11, 678: “Garganus,” id. ib. 11, 247: Daunus, as king of Apulia, Ov. M. 14, 458; 510.—
3. Ĭāpygēus , i, m. (sc. ventus), the wind usually called Iapyx (v. supra), App. de Mundo, p. 63, 20.
