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‡ 1. burrus, a, um [πυρρός], an old word, = rufus, rubens, red, Paul. ex Fest. p. 31 Müll.; cf. id. p. 36.
Collat. form byrrus, a, um, Prob. ad Juv. 3, 283.

bybliŏthēca, v. bibliotheca.

Byblis, ĭdis, f. (voc. Bybli, Ov. M. 9, 580; 9, 651; acc. Byblida, id. ib. 9, 453; 9, 467), = Βυβλίς, a daughter of Miletus and Cyanee, who fell in love with her brother Caunus, and, being repulsed, was changed to a fountain, Ov. M. 9, 452; cf. Theocr. Id. 7, 114; acc. to Ov. A. A. 1, 283, and Hyg. Fab. 243, she hanged herself.

Byblus (-ŏs), i, f., = Βύβλος, a very ancient town in Phœnicia celebrated for the worship of Adonis, now Dschebail, Mel. 1, 12, 3; Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78; Curt. 4, 1, 15.

Byllis or Bullis, ĭdis, f., = Βυλλίς Steph., Βουλλίς Ptol.,

  1. I. a town in Grecian Illyria, Caes. B. C. 3, 40; Cic. Phil. 11, 11, 26.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Bullĭdenses, Caes. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 40.
    2. B. Bullien-ses, Cic. Pis. 40, 96.
    3. C. Bulliōnes, Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1 (others, Bullĭdenses).
    4. D. Bulĭōnes, um, m., Plin. 3, 23, 26, § 145.
  3. E. Bullīni, the inhabitants of Byllis, Liv. 44, 30, 10.

Byrsa, ae, f., = Βύρσα, the citadel of Carthage, Verg. A. 1, 367; Liv. 34, 62, 12.
Hence, adj.: Byrsĭcus, a, um, Byrsic, i.e. Carthaginian, Sid. Ep. 7, 17, 18.

† byssĭnus, a, um, adj., = βύσσινος, made of byssus: linum, Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 21: vestis, App. M. 11, p. 269, 10; Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 15: opus, Dig. 39, 5, 16, § 7.
Subst.: byssĭnum, i, n. (sc. opus), a garment of byssus; trop.: vestite vos serico probitatis, byssino sanctitatis, purpură pudicitiae, Tert. Cult. Fem. 13; Vulg. 2 Par. 5, 12 al.

† byssus, i, f. (byssum, i, n., Isid. Orig. 19, 27, 4), = βύσσος [Heb. [??]], cotton, cotton stuff, App. M. 11, p. 258, 20; Mart. Cap. 2, § 114; Vulg. Exod. 25, 4 al. (acc. to others, a fine kind of flax, and the linen made from it; v. Liddell and Scott’s Lex.).

† Bythŏs, i, m., = βυθός (depth), one of the Æons of Valentinus, Tert. adv. Val. 7; id. adv. Haer. 49 (access. form Bythiŏs, id. adv. Val. 8).

Bȳzācĭum, ii, n., = Βυσσᾶτις,

  1. I. a province in Africa Propria, between the river Triton and the Lesser Syrtis, Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 24; 17, 5, 3, § 41.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Bȳzācēnus, a, um, adj., of Byzacium: provincia, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 2; Cod. Th. 1, 27, 2.
      As subst.: Bȳzācēni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Byzacium, Cod. Th. 11, 1, 29.
    2. B. Bȳzācĭus, a, um, the same: rura, Sil. 9, 204.

Bȳzantĭum, ii, n., = Βυζάντιον,

  1. I. a city in Thrace, on the Bosphorus, opposite the Asiatic Chalcedon, later Constantinopolis, now Constantinople; among the Turks, Istamboul or Stamboul (i.e. εις τὴν πόλιν), Mel. 2, 2, 6; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 46; 9, 15, 20, § 50 sq.; Nep. Paus. 2, 2; Liv. 38, 16, 3 sq.; Tac. A. 12, 63 sq.; id. H. 2. 83; 3, 47 al.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Bȳzantĭus, a, um, adj., of Byzantium, Byzantine: litora, the Strait of Constantinople, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 31: portus, Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 51.
      Subst.: Bȳ-zantĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Byzantium, Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 5; 4, 6 sq.; id. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 76; Nep. Timoth. 1, 2; Liv. 32, 33, 7.
    2. B. Bȳzantĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Byzantium: lacerti, Stat. S. 4, 9, 13.
    3. C. Bȳzantīnus, a, um, adj., the same (post-class.): Lygos, Aus. Clar. Urb. 2: frigora, Sid. Ep. 7, 17.