I.a people on the Adriatic Sea, in the modern Dalmatia and Albania, Mel. 2, 2, 1; 12; Liv. 10, 2; 42, 26; 43, 9 et saep.—
II. Derivv.
A. Illyrĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Illyrians, Illyrian: ager, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 3, 2: “latro,” Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40.—Hence,
2. Subst.: Illyrĭa , ae, f., the country of Illyria, Prop. 1, 8, 2; as consisting of two parts, Roman and Grecian Illyria, also in plur.: Illyrĭae , ārum, Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 10.—
B. Illyrĭcus (Illuricus , Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 10), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Illyrians, Illyrian: “mare,” Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35: “sinus,” Verg. A. 1, 243: “undae,” Hor. C. 1, 28, 22: “pix,” Ov. P. 4, 14, 45: “gentes,” Mel. 2, 3, 11: “facies hominis,” Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 10: “argentum,” Liv. 45, 43, 5: “in Illyricis,” i. e. in Illyria, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228.—Subst.: Illyrĭcum , i, n., the country of Illyria, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 9; Cic. Att. 10, 6, 3; Liv. 43, 9; Mel. 2, 3, 13; Plin. 3, 21, 25, § 139.—
C. Illyrĭcĭānus , a, um, adj., the same: gens, Val. ap. Treb. Claud. 14: omnes, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 26.—
D. Illy-ris , ĭdis, f., Illyrian: “ora,” Ov. Tr. 2, 225; Sil. 8, 292: “Epidamnos,” Luc. 2, 624.—Subst., the country of Illyria, Ov. P. 2, 2, 79; Mel. 1, 3, 4.
