Lyrnessis

Lyrnēsus ( Lyrnessus ), i, f., = Lurnêsos, a town in Troas, the birthplace of Briseis, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 122:

Lyrnessi domus alta,

Verg. A. 12, 547.—Hence,

A.

Lyrnēsĭus ( Lyrnessius ), a, um, adj., Lyrnesian:

moenia,

Ov. M. 12, 108; 13, 176; id. H. 3, 45.—

B.

Lyrnēsis ( Lyr-nessis ), ĭdis, f. adj. (only used as subst. ), the Lyrnesian (sc. maid or woman ):

abductā Lyrnesside tristis Achilles,

i. e. Briseis, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 15:

audierat, Lyrnessi, tuos, abducta, dolores,

id. A. A. 2, 403.