- Iapyx
- Ĭāpyx, ygis, m., = Iapux, 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:2.
Acra,
a promontory on the eastern extremity of the Tarentine Gulf, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 100.—Ĭāpyx, ygis, adj., Iapygian, also for Apulian, Calabrian:3.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.—Ĭāpygēus, i, m. (sc. ventus), the wind usually called Iapyx (v. supra), App. de Mundo, p. 63, 20.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.