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Lyncaestē, ēs, f., one of Actæon’s hounds, Hyg. Fab. 181.

Lyncestae, ārum, m., = Λυγκησταί,

  1. I. a people in the south-western part of Macedonia, Liv. 45, 30, 6; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 35.
    Hence,
  2. II.
    1. A. Lyncestĭus, a, um, adj., Lyncestian: amnis, Ov. M. 15, 329; v. Sen. Q. N. 3, 20 fin.
    2. B. Lyncestis, ĭdis, f. adj., Lyncestian: aqua, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 230.
    3. C. Lyncestus, a, um, adj., Lyncestian, Vitr. 8, 3, 17.

Lynceus (dissyl.), ĕi (gen. Lyncei, dissyl., Hor. S. 1, 2, 90 Orell. ad loc.; voc. Lynceu, Prop. 3, 32, 9), m., = Λυγκεύς, a Messenian, and one of the Argonauts, brother of Idas, and son of Aphareus, famed for the sharpness of his sight: non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28: Lyncei oculi, id. S. 1, 2, 90; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 462; Hyg. Fab. 14; Val. Max. 1, 8, n. 14; Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 78; Ov. F. 5, 711; Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 9.
Hence,

  1. I. Lyncēus, a, um, adj., = Λύγκειος, of Lynceus, Lyncean, Ov. F. 5, 709.
        1. b. Transf., sharp-sighted: quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2.
      1. 2. Lyncī-des, ae, m., a descendant of Lynceus, Ov. M. 5, 99; 4, 767.
  2. II. A son of Ægyptus, and husband of Hypermnestra, who alone was saved by his wife when all his brothers were put to death, Ov. H 14, 123; Hyg. Fab. 273.
  3. III. Son of Thestius, and brother of Althæa, who was slain by Meleager, Hyg. Fab. 173; 174.
  4. IV. One of the companions of Æneas; acc. Lyncĕă, Verg. A. 9, 768.

† lyncūrĭon or -ĭum, ii, n., = λυγκούριον, a hard, transparent gem, which, according to the opinion of the ancients, was formed of lynxes’ urine; prob. the hyacinth or tourmaline, Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 137; 37, 2, 11, § 34; 37, 3, 13, § 52; cf. Ov. M. 15, 413; Sol. 2; Hier. Ep. 94, n. 16.
Called also lyncūrĭus, i, m., Isid. 12, 2, 20; 14, 4, 19; 16, 8, 8 (al. ligurius); and lĭgūrĭus, i, m., Hier. Ep. 64, 16; Vulg. Exod. 28, 19.

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.

† lynx, lyncis, com., = λύγξ, a lynx: lynces Bacchi variae (Bacchus was drawn by a team of lynxes), Verg. G. 3, 264: maculosae tegmine lyncis, id. A. 1, 323: lyncibus ad caelum vecta Ariadna tuis, Prop. 3, 15, 8 (4, 16, 18): colla lyncum, Ov. M. 4, 25: timidos agitare lyncas, Hor. C. 2, 13, 40: dejectus lyncis, a lynx-skin, Stat. Th. 4, 272.