Bebryx

1.

Bēbrȳ̆ces, cum (acc. -cas, Val. Fl. 4, 315), m., = Bebrukes, a people inhabiting Bebrycia, a province of Asia Minor, afterwards called Bithynia, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 127; Val. Fl. 4, 315.—

II.

Derivv.

A.

Bēbrȳ̆cĭa, ae, f., = Bebrukia, the province inhabited by the Bebrycians, afterwards Bithynia, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 5, 373; Val. Fl. 5, 502; y long in Avien. Perieg. 974.—

B.

Bēbryx, ycis, m., a Bebrycian, Val. Fl. 4, 315; and, kat exochên, an ancient king in Bebrycia, also called Amycus, who, being powerful in the contest with the cœ-stus, was accustomed to sacrifice foreigners whom he had vanquished, but was finally himself overcome by Pollux, and slain, Val. Fl. 4, 261 and 290: Bebryca (acc. Gr.), Stat. Achill. 1, 190.—

C.

Bēbrȳ̆cĭus, a, um. adj., pertaining to the province Bebrycia, of Bebrycia:

gens,

Verg. A. 5, 373:

regnum,

Val. Fl. 4, 99:

fretum,

id. 4, 220.—

2.

Pertaining to King Bebryx: harena, upon which Pollux fought with Amycus, Stat. S. 4, 5, 28:

nemus,

in which Amycus lay in wait for foreigners, id. Th. 3, 352:

cruor,

the blood shed by him, Tert. Carm. Sod. 2.—Also pertaining to the Bithynian king Prusias:

hospes,

Sid. Carm. 2, 304.

2.

Bēbryces, cum, m., = Bebrukes [perh. of kindred origin with the preced.], a people in Gallia Narbonensis, on the Pyrenees, Sil. 3, 423 sq.—

II.

Derivv.

A.

Bēbryx, ycis, m., a Bebrycian; kat exochên, an ancient king of the Bebrycians, whose daughter Pyrene gave name to the mountains there, Sil. 3, 423.—

B.

Bēbrycĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to King Bebryx, Bebrycian:

aula,

Sil. 3, 443:

virgo,

i. e. Pyrene, id. 3, 420.