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|Full diacritics=Λῐβύη
|Medium diacritics=Λιβύη
|Low diacritics=Λιβύη
|Capitals=ΛΙΒΥΗ
|Transliteration A=Libýē
|Transliteration B=Libyē
|Transliteration C=Livyi
|Beta Code=*libu/h
|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῠ], ἡ</b>, <span class="title">Libya</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.85</span>, <span class="bibl">14.295</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.46</span>, etc.; also for <span class="title">Africa</span> generally, <span class="bibl">Id.4.42</span>, al.; <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the west bank of the Nile</b>, PTaur.8.9 (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>1.3.8</span> (ii B.C.): prov., <b class="b3">ἀεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι καινόν</b> or <b class="b3">κακόν</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>606b20</span>, <span class="bibl">Zen.2.51</span>:—Adv. Λῐβύηθεν, <b class="b2">from Libya</b>, <span class="bibl">D.P. 46</span>, <span class="bibl">222</span>:—also Λῐβύηθε, Dor. Λῐβῠ-ᾱθε, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>368</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.24</span>:—Adj. Λῐβῠκός, ή, όν, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.8</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">Λ. ὄρνεον</b>, i.e. a <b class="b2">strange, foreign</b> bird, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>65</span>; <b class="b3">Λ. λόγοι</b> a kind of fables resembling those of Aesop, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1393a30</span>; also, <b class="b2">western</b>, <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>119</span>; = [[δυτικός]], <span class="bibl">Procl. <span class="title">Par.Ptol.</span>29</span>.</span>
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|lstext='''Λῐβύη''': ἡ, τὸ βόρειον [[μέρος]] τῆς Ἀφρικῆς τὸ πρὸς δυσμὰς τῆς Αἰγύπτου, Ὀδ. Δ. 85., Ξ. 295, Ἡρόδ., κτλ.· παρὰ μεταγεν. [[ὡσαύτως]] ἐπὶ τῆς ὅλης ἠπείρου, ἀεὶ [[Λιβύη]] φέρει τι καινὸν ἢ κακὸν Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 8. 28, 11, Παροιμιογρ.· ― Ἐπίρρ. Λιβύηθεν, ἐκ τῆς Λιβύης, Διον. Π. 46. 222· [[ὡσαύτως]] Λιβύηθε, Δωρ. -ᾱθε, Νικ. Ἀλ. 368, Θεόκρ. 1. 24· ― Ἐπίθ. Λιβυκός, ή, όν, Ἡρόδ., κτλ.· Λ. [[ὄρνεον]], δηλ. ξένον καὶ παράδοξον πτηνόν, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 65· Λ. λόγοι, [[εἶδος]] μύθων ὁμοίων τοῦ Αἰσώπου, Ἀριστ. Ρητ. 2. 20, 2· πρβλ. [[Λίβυς]]. ― Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. 175.
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{{bailly
|btext=ης (ἡ) :<br />la Libye, <i>p. ext.</i> l’Afrique.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[Λίβυς]].
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{{Autenrieth
|auten=[[Libya]], [[west]] of [[Egypt]], Od. 4.85, Od. 14.295.
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{{StrongGR
|strgr=[[probably]] from [[λίψ]]; Libye, a [[region]] of [[Africa]]: [[Libya]].
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{{Thayer
|txtha=Λιβύης, ἡ, [[Libya]], a [[large]] [[region]] of [[northern]] [[Africa]], [[bordering]] on [[Egypt]]. In [[that]] [[portion]] of it [[which]] had [[Cyrene]] for its [[capital]] and [[was]] [[thence]] called [[Libya]] Cyrenaica (ἡ [[πρός]] Κυρήνην [[Λιβύη]];, Josephus, Antiquities 16,6, 1; ἡ [[Λιβύη]] ἡ [[κατά]] Κυρήνην ([[which]] [[see]]), Josephus, Antiquities 14,7, 2; 16,6, 1; b. j. 7,11;<br /><b class="num">c.</b> Apion. 2,4 ([[where]] cf. Müller's notes)): Acts 2:10.
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