Mysia
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Μυσία, ἡ.
A Mysian: Μυσός, ὁ.
Mysian, adj.: Μύσιος.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mȳsĭa: ae, f., = Μυσία,
I a country of Asia Minor, divided into Lesser Mysia, on the Hellespont, and Greater Mysia, on the Ægean Sea, Mel. 1, 18, 1; Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 143; Cic. Or. 8, 25; Luc. 3, 203; Inscr. Orell. 2274; 3664.—
II Derivv.
A Mȳ-sĭcus, a, um, adj., for Mysius, Mysian (post-Aug.): scammonium, Plin. 26, 8, 38, § 60.—
B Mȳsĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mysia, Mysian (class.): homo, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6.—
C Mȳsus, a, um, adj., = Μυσός, of or belonging to Mysia, Mysian: Mysus juvenis, i. e. Telephus, king of Mysia, Prop. 2, 1, 65: dux, the same, Ov. P. 2, 2, 26: Căīcus, id. M. 15, 277.—Subst.: Mysus aut Phryx, Cic. Or. 8, 27; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19.—In plur.: Mȳsi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Mysia, the Mysians: si quis despicatui ducitur, ut Mysorum ultimus esse dicatur, Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Liv. 37, 40, 8; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 125.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Mȳsĭa,¹³ æ, f. (Μυσία), la Mysie [province d’Asie Mineure] : Cic. Or. 25 ; Plin. 5, 125 || -sĭus, Cic. Q. 1, 1, 6 ; Plin. 26, 60, et -sus, a, um, Prop. 2, 1, 65 ; Ov. M. 15, 277, de Mysie.
