Sybaris
διαμεμαστιγωμένην καὶ οὐλῶν μεστὴν ὑπὸ ἐπιορκιῶν καὶ ἀδικίας → striped all over with the scourge, and a mass of wounds, the work of perjuries and injustice
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
(River) Σύβαρις, -εως, ὁ.
(Town) Σύβαρις, -εως, ἡ.
Man of Sybaris: Συβαρίτης, -ου, ὁ.
Woman of Sybaris: Συβαρῖτις, -ιδος, ἡ.
Of Sybaris, adj.: Συβαριτικός.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Sybăris: is, f., = Σύβαρις.
I A town in Magna Græcia, noted for the effeminacy and debauchery of its inhabitants, afterwards called Thurii, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28; Liv. 26, 39, 7; Plin. 7, 22, 22, § 86; 3, 11, 15, § 97; Ov. M. 15, 51.—Hence,
1 Sybărīta, ae, m., an inhabitant of Sybaris, a Sybarite, Sen. Ira, 2, 25, 2; Quint. 3, 7, 24.—
2 Sybărītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sybaris, Sybaritan: ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2: exercitus, Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 157.—
3 Sybărītĭcus, a, um, adj., of Sybaris, Sybaritan: libelli, Sybaritan, i. e. lewd, obscene, Mart. 12, 96, 2; Lampr. Elag. 30.—
4 Sybărītis, ĭdis, f., the name of a lascivious poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 417. —
II Masc.
A The river on which Sybaris was situated, now Coscile, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97; Ov. M. 15, 315.—
B The name of a young man; acc. Sybarin, Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.
