Lycambeus

Lycambeus
Lycambes, ae, m., = Lukambês, a Theban who promised his daughter to Archilochus, and afterwards refused her; for which he was pursued by the poet with such bitter sarcasm that he hung both himself and his daughter:

qualis Lycambae spretus infido gener,

Hor. Epod. 6, 13; cf. id. Ep. 1, 19, 30. —Hence,
II.
Lycambēus, a, um, adj., of Lycambes:

sanguis,

Ov. Ib. 54.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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  • LYCAMBES — Neobules pater, qui cum filiam suam Archilocho poerae despondisset, posteaque paenitentiâ ductus non tradidislet, tam acerbo carmine ab eo est perstrictus, ut una cum filia laqueo vitam finierit. Horat. Epod. Ode. 6. v. XI. et seqq. namque in… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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