Cyzicum: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Cȳzĭcum</b>: i, n. ([[access]]. form analog. to the Gr. Cȳzĭcus, i, f., Prop. 3 or 4, 22, 1; and Cȳzĭcŏs, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 29; Auct. Priap. 76, 13), = [[Κύζικος]]>,<br /><b>I</b> a [[town]] [[celebrated]] in [[ancient]] times, in [[Mysia]], on an [[island]] or [[peninsula]] of the [[same]] [[name]] in the [[Propontis]], [[now]] Chizico, Atraki, or Balkiz, Mel. 1, 19, 2; Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 142; Flor. 3, 5, 15; Sall. H. 3, 16 sqq.; and 4, 61, 14 Dietsch.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Cȳzĭcēnus, a, um (cf. [[upon]] the [[formation]] of the [[word]] Varr. L. L. 8, § 81 Müll.), adj., of or belonging to [[Cyzicum]]: triclinia, Vitr. 6, 10: [[ostrea]], Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62: [[marmor]], id. 5, 32, 44, § 151.—In plur.: Cȳzĭ-cēni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of [[Cyzicum]]. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20; Tac. A. 4, 36 al.