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Bebryces

Bēbrȳ̆ces, cum (acc. -cas, Val. Fl. 4, 315), m., = Βέβρῦκες,
  • a people inhabiting Bebrycia, a province of Asia Minor, afterwards called Bithynia, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 127; Val. Fl. 4, 315.—
  • II Derivv.
    • A Bē-brȳ̆cĭa, ae, f., = Βεβρυκία, the province inhabited by the Bebrycians, afterwards Bithynia, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 5, 373; Val. Fl. 5, 502; y long in Avien. Perieg. 974.—
    • B Bēbryx, ȳ̆cis, m., a Bebrycian, Val. Fl. 4, 315; and, κατʼ ἐξοχήν, an ancient king in Bebrycia, also called Amycus, who, being powerful in the contest with the caestus, was accustomed to sacrifice foreigners whom he had vanquished, but was finally himself overcome by Pollux, and slain, Val. Fl. 4, 261 and 290: Bebryca (acc. Gr.), Stat. Ach. 1, 190.—
    • C Bēbrȳ̆cĭus, a, um. adj., pertaining to the province Bebrycia, of Bebrycia: gens, Verg. A. 5, 373: regnum, Val. Fl. 4, 99: fretum, id. 4, 220.—
      • 2 Pertaining to King Bebryx: harena, upon which Pollux fought with Amycus, Stat. S. 4, 5, 28: nemus, in which Amycus lay in wait for foreigners, id. Th. 3, 352: cruor, the blood shed by him, Tert. Carm. Sod. 2.—Also pertaining to the Bithynian king Prusias: hospes, Sid. Carm. 2, 304.
Bēbrȳces, cum, m., = Βέβρῦκες [perh. of kindred origin with the preced.],
  • a people in Gallia Narbonensis, on the Pyrenees, Sil. 3, 423 sq.—
  • II Derivv.
    • A Bēbryx, ȳcis, m., a Bebrycian; κατʼ ἐξοχήν, an ancient king of the Bebrycians, whose daughter Pyrene gave name to the mountains there, Sil. 3, 423.—
    • B Bēbrycĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to King Bebryx, Bebrycian: aula, Sil. 3, 443: virgo, i.e. Pyrene, id. 3, 420.

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