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Sybăris , is, f., = Σύβαρις.
I. A town in Magna Græcia, noted for the effeminacy and debauchery of its inhabitants, afterwards called Thurii, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28; Liv. 26, 39, 7; Plin. 7, 22, 22, § 86; 3, 11, 15, § 97; Ov. M. 15, 51.—Hence,
1. Sybărīta , ae, m., an inhabitant of Sybaris, a Sybarite, Sen. Ira, 2, 25, 2; Quint. 3, 7, 24.—
2. Sybărītānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sybaris, Sybaritan: “ager,” Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2: “exercitus,” Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 157.—
3. Sybărītĭcus , a, um, adj., of Sybaris, Sybaritan: libelli, Sybaritan, i. e. lewd, obscene, Mart. 12, 96, 2; Lampr. Elag. 30.—
4. Sybărītis , ĭdis, f., the name of a lascivious poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 417. —
II. Masc.
A. The river on which Sybaris was situated, now Coscile, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97; Ov. M. 15, 315.—
B. The name of a young man; acc. Sybarin, Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.
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, 15.315
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.51
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.86
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 39.7
    • Seneca, de Ira, 2.25.2
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.15
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 7.24
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