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bĕber, bri. m., the beaver (late Lat. for fiber), Schol. Juv. 12, 34.
Hence, bē̆brī-nus, a, um, adj., of the beaver, beaver-, Schol. Juv. 2, 106.

†† bebra, ae, f., a weapon of barbarous nations, acc. to Veg. Mil. 1, 20.

Bebriacensis and Bebriacum, v. Bedr-.

* bebrīnus, a, um, adj. [beber = fiber, a beaver], of or pertaining to a beaver: pelles, Schol. Juv. 12, 34.

1. Bēbrȳ̆ces, cum (acc. -cas, Val. Fl. 4, 315), m., = Βέβρῦκες,

  1. I. a people inhabiting Bebrycia, a province of Asia Minor, afterwards called Bithynia, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 127; Val. Fl. 4, 315.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. 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.
    2. B. Bēbryx, ȳ̆cis, m., a Bebrycian, Val. Fl. 4, 315; and, κατ’ ἐξοχήν, an ancient king in Bebrycia, also called Amycus, who, being powerful in the contest with the cœ-stus, 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. Achill. 1, 190.
    3. 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.
      1. 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.

2. Bēbrȳces, cum, m., = Βέβρῦκες [perh. of kindred origin with the preced.],

  1. I. a people in Gallia Narbonensis, on the Pyrenees, Sil. 3, 423 sq.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Bēbryx, ȳcis, m., a Bebrycian; κατ’ ἐξοχήν, an ancient king of the Bebrycians, whose daughter Pyrene gave name to the mountains there, Sil. 3, 423.
    2. B. Bēbrycĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to King Bebryx, Bebrycian: aula, Sil. 3, 443: virgo, i. e. Pyrene, id. 3, 420.

Bēdrĭăcum (also Bēbrĭăcum and Bētrĭăcum), i, n., = Βητρίακον, a village in Upper Italy, between Verona and Cremona, distinguished in the civil war by two important battles between Otho, Vitellius, and the generals of Vespasian, now Cividale; form Bedriacum, Tac. H. 2, 23, 39 sq.; 2, 23, 44; 2, 23, 49; 2, 3, 15; 2, 3, 20; 2, 3, 31.
Form Bebriacum, Juv. 2, 106; Oros. 7, 8.
Form Betriacum, Suet. Oth. 9; Aur. Vict. Epit. 7, 2; Eutr. 7, 17.
Hence, Bēdrĭăcensis (Bētrĭ-), e, adj., of Bedriacum: campi, Tac. H. 2, 70: via, id. ib. 3, 27: acies, id. ib. 3, 2; 3, 66; Suet. Vesp. 5: pugna, Tac. H. 2, 86: copiae et duces, Suet. Vit. 15: victoria, id. ib. 10: bella, Plin. 10, 49, 69, § 135.