Lydii

Lydĭa, ae, f., = Ludia, a country in Asia Minor, the capital of which was Sardis, the fabled original land of the Etruscans, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4; Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Liv. 38, 39, 16 et saep.—Hence,

A.

Lydĭus, a, um, adj.

1.

Lydian:

regna,

of Gyges, Tib. 4, 1, 199:

aurifer amnis,

i. e. Pactolus, id. 3, 3, 29:

mitra,

Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 30:

pensa,

which Omphale gave to Hercules, Mart. 9, 66, 11:

nurus,

i. e. Omphale, Sen. Oet. 371: sil. Plin. 33, 13, 56, § 160: lapis, a touchstone (at first found only on the Tmolus), id. 33, 8, 43, § 126:

moduli,

id. 7, 56, 57, § 204.—

(β).

Subst.: Lydĭon, i, n., a kind of brick, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 171.—

2.

Transf.

a.

Etruscan:

Lydius fluvius,

i. e. the Tiber, Verg. A. 2, 781: ripa, the right bank of the Tiber, Stat. S. 4, 4, 6:

stagna,

the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 9, 11.—( Lydii, false read. for ludii; v. ludius).—

b.

Rhætian (because the Rhætians were descended from the Etruscans, the descendants of the Lydians):

undae,

the Lake Benacus, Cat. 31, 13.—

B.

Lydus, a, um, adj., Lydian:

Lydus servus,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

puella,

i. e. Omphale, Ov. F. 2, 365:

Lydae pondera gazae (i. e. aurum Pactoli),

Stat. S. 5, 1, 60:

nurus,

Val. Fl. 4, 369.—

2.

Transf., Etrurian, Etruscan.— As subst.: Lydi, ōrum, m.:

Lydorum manus,

a band of Etruscans, Verg. A. 9, 11.