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Lĭlybaeum or -ŏn (Ov. M. 13, 726), i, n., = Λιλύβαιον,
I.a promontory on the southern coast of Sicily, with a town of the same name, now Capo Bœo, Mel. 2, 7; 15; 16; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; 17, 56; Liv. 25, 31; 27, 5; Ov. M. 5, 351 al.—Called also Lĭlybē , ēs, f., acc. to the Gr. Λιλύβη, Prisc. Perieg. 482.—Hence,
A. Lĭlybaetānus , a, um, adj., Lilybæan, of Lilybæum: “Lyso Lilybaetanus,Cic. Fam. 13, 34: “mulier,id. Div. in Caecil. 17. —
B. Lĭlybaeus , a, um, adj., Lilybæan: “litus,Luc. 4, 583.—
C. Lĭlybēĭus , a, um, adj., Lilybæan: “vada,Verg. A. 3, 706.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.34
    • Cicero, Divinatio against Q. Caecilius, 12.39
    • Cicero, Divinatio against Q. Caecilius, 17
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.726
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.351
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.706
    • Lucan, Civil War, 4.583
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 31
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 5
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