Λιβύη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], ἡ, [[Libya]], Od.4.85, 14.295, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.46, etc.; also for [[Africa]] generally, Id.4.42, al.; the [[west]] [[bank]] of the [[Nile]], PTaur.8.9 (ii B.C.), ''PLond.''1.3.8 (ii B.C.): [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἀεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι καινόν]] = [[Libya always bears something new]] or [[ἀεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι κακόν]] = [[Libya always bears something bad]] Arist.''HA''606b20, Zen.2.51 cf. Pliny: ex [[Africa]] [[semper]] [[aliquid]] [[novi]] = out of Africa there is always something new:—Adv. [[Λιβύηθεν|Λῐβύηθεν]], [[from Libya]], D.P. 46, 222:—also [[Λιβύηθε|Λῐβύηθε]], Dor. [[Λιβύαθε|Λῐβῠᾱθε]], Nic.''Al.''368, Theoc.1.24:—Adj. [[Λιβυκός|Λῐβῠκός]], [[Λιβυκή]], [[Λιβυκόν]], [[Libyan]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.8, etc.; Λιβυκὸν [[ὄρνεον]], i.e. a [[strange]], [[foreign]] [[bird]], Ar.''Av.''65; <b class="b3">Λιβυκοὶ λόγοι</b> a kind of [[fable]]s resembling those of [[Aesop]], Arist.''Rh.''1393a30; also, [[western]], Ptol.''Tetr.''119; = [[δυτικός]], Procl. ''Par.Ptol.''29.