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Λιβύη

Λιβύη, Libya, the north part of Africa

Λῐβύη [ῠ], ἡ, Libya, Od. 4.85, 14.295, 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.): prov., ἀεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι καινόν or κακόν, Arist. HA 606b20, Zen. 2.51:—Adv. Λῐβύηθεν, from Libya, D.P. 46, 222:—also Λῐβύηθε, Dor. Λῐβῠ-ᾱθε, Nic. Al. 368, Theoc. 1.24:—Adj. Λῐβῠκός, ή, όν, Hdt. 2.8, etc.; Λ. ὄρνεον, i.e. a strange, foreign bird, Ar. Av. 65; Λ. λόγοι a kind of fables resembling those of Aesop, Arist. Rh. 1393a30; also, western, Ptol. Tetr. 119; = δυτικός, Procl. Par.Ptol. 29.

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