I.a people in Africa, to the east of the Massaesyli, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30; Verg. A. 6, 60; Sil. 4, 512; 16, 171; Prud. στεφ. 4, 46; “called Maesuli,” Liv. 24, 48, 13.—Hence,
A. Massȳ-lus and Massȳlĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Massyli, Massylian; poet. for African: “Massyli equites,” Verg. A. 4, 132: “serpens,” that guarded the orchards of the Hesperides, Mart. 10, 94, 1: “Massylia signa,” Sil. 16, 184.—
B. Massȳlaeus or Mas-sylēus , a, um, adj., = Μασσυλαῖος or Μασσυλεῖος, of or belonging to the Massylians, Massylian, Mart. 9, 23, 14.
