Ibycus
From LSJ
κρειττότερον ἐστὶν εἰδέναι ἐν μέσῃ τῇ Πόλει φακιόλιον βασιλεῦον Τούρκου, ἢ καλύπτραν λατινικήν → I would rather see a Turkish turban in the midst of the City than the Latin mitre
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἴβυκος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ībycus: i, m., = Ἴβυκος.
I A Greek lyric poet of Rhegium, celebrated on account of the cranes which he called upon as witnesses of his murder, Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 71; Stat. S. 5, 3, 152; Aus. Idyll. de Hist. 12, 12. —
II A poor man, otherwise unknown, Hor. C. 3, 15, 1.
