Lĭbўa

I. Libya, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: Graecus Aristippus, qui servos proicere aurum In media jussit Libya, Hor. S. 2, 3, 100.—

B. Transf., Africa.—Form Libya: mundus ... premitur Libyae devexus in Austros. Verg. G. 1, 240; Juv. 11, 25.—Form Libye: Libye torretur, Sil. 1, 194: tibi habe frumentum, O Libye, dum tubera mittas, Juv. 5, 119.—

II. Hence,

A. Lĭbўcus, a, um, adj., = Λιβυκός, of Libya, Libyan: fines, Verg. A. 1, 339: cursus, id. ib. 6, 338: gentes, id. ib. 4, 320: lapilli, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19: Libyca succensae lampade Cannae, Luc. 7, 880: orbes, Mart. 2, 43, 9: Libycus campus in agro Argeo (i. e. Argivo) appellatus, quod in eo primum fruges ex Libya allatae sunt. Quam ob causam etiam Ceres ab Argeis Libyssa vocata est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Plur. subst.: Lĭbўci, ōrum, m., the Libyans, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

2. Transf., African, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16: mare Libycum, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1: fera, Ov. F. 5, 178: arenae, id. M. 4, 616: axis, Sen. Herc. Oet. 908: uvae, Col. 3, 2: crines, Luc. 10, 129: pestes, id. 9, 805.—

B. Lĭbys, ўos and ys, and Libs, ĭbis, adj., = Λίβυς, Líbyan: Libys lectulus, Verg. Cir. 440: mons, Stat. S. 4, 2, 27.—Subst.

1. Form Lĭbys, ўos, m., a Libyan: Africam initio habuere Gaetuli et Libyes, Sall. J. 18 init.: Cancro (subditus) Libys, Sen. Herc. Oet. 24.—

2. Form Libs.

(a). A Libyan, Sid. Carm. 9, 94.—

(b). = Africus (sc. ventus), the south-west wind (acc. Liba), Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119.—

C. Lĭbyssus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libyssa arena, Cat. 7, 3: gens, Sil. 8, 206: ficus, Col. 10, 418: Libyssa Ceres, a surname of Ceres among the Argives, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 (v. the passage under Libycus).—

D. Lĭbystīnus, a, um, adj., = Λιβυστῖνος, Libyan: montes Libystini, Cat. 60, 1: Apollo, Macr. S. 1, 17.—

E. Lĭby-stis, ĭdis, f., = Λιβυστίς, Libyan: Libystis ursa, Verg. A. 5, 37.—

F. Lĭbўus, a, um, adj., Libyan: Libya citrus, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 10: terra, Tac. A. 2, 60.