Berecyntus

• a mountain on the banks of the river Sangarius, in Phrygia, sacred to Cybele, Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 784; 9, 82; Schol. Cruq. ad Hor. C. 4, 1, 22.—
• II Derivv., the adjj.
• • A Bĕrĕcyntĭus (Bĕrĕcynth-), a, um, = Βερεκύντιος.
  • • 1 Of or pertaining to the mountain Berecyntus, Berecyntian: tractus, Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108 (acc. to Pliny, in Caria): juga, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 300: mater, i.e. Cybele, Verg. A. 6, 785; Stat. Th. 4, 782; and subst.: Bĕrĕcyntia, ae, f., Verg. A. 9, 82; Ov. F. 4, 355.—
    • 2 Of or pertaining to Cybele: heros, i.e. Midas, son of Cybele, Ov. M. 11, 106: Attis, her favorite, Pers. 1, 93: tibia, a flute of a crooked shape (orig. employed only in her festivals), Ov. F. 4, 181; hence, for a curved Phrygian flute, in gen., Hor. C. 3, 19, 18; 4, 1, 22; Ov. M. 11, 16; cf. cornu, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13: furores, the madness of the priests of Cybele, Mart. 4, 43, 8.—
  • B Bĕrĕcyntĭădes, ae, m., Berecyntian: venator, perh. Attis (v. Attis), Ov. Ib. 506 Heins.—
  • C Bĕrĕcyntĭăcus, a, um, = Berecyntius, 2., of or belonging to Cybele: sacerdos, Prud. c. Sym. 2, 51.

BERECYNTUS (Βερέκυντος: Eth. Βερεκύνται), a city of Phrygia, according to Stephanus (s. v.). But this town, and the Castellum Berecynthium of Vibius Sequester (p. 18, ed. Oberlin), on the Sangarius, are otherwise unknown. The Berecyntes (Strab. p. 469) were a Phrygian nation, who worshipped the Magna Mater. A district named Berecys is mentioned in a fragment of Aeschylus, quoted by Strabo (p. 580); but Aeschylus, after his fashion, confused the geography. Pliny (Plin. Nat. 5.29) mentions a Berecyntius tractusi n Caria, which abounded in box-wood (16.16); but he gives no precise indication of the position of this country.

BERECYNTUS [IDA]

(Βερέκυντος). A mountain in Phrygia Major, on the banks of the river Sangarius. It was sacred to Cybelé, who is hence styled Berecyntia mater. See Rhea.