Lewis & Short

Lyncus, i, = Λύγκος.

  1. I. Masc., a Scythian king, who attempted the life of his guest, Triptolemus, and was changed by Ceres into a lynx, Ov. M. 5, 650; Hyg. Fab. 259.
  2. II. Fem., a city of Macedonia, the capital of the Lyncestae (q. v.), Liv. 26, 25, 4; 31, 33.