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Ĭāpyx, ygis, m., = Ἰάπυξ,

  1. I. a son of Dœdalus, who ruled in Southern Italy (Apulia or Calabria), Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102; Ov. M. 15, 52.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. A river in the south of Italy, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102.
      2. 2. A wind that blows in the south of Italy, the west-northwest of the Greeks, Hor. C. 1, 3, 4; Verg. A. 8, 710.
  2. II. Deriv. Ĭāpygĭa, ae, f., that part of Southern Italy (Apulia or Calabria) over which Iapyx ruled, Iapygia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102; Ov. M. 15, 703; Serv. Verg. G. 3, 475.
    1. B. Derivv.
      1. 1. Ĭāpygĭus, a, um, adj., Iapygian: Acra, a promontory on the eastern extremity of the Tarentine Gulf, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 100.
      2. 2. Ĭāpyx, ygis, adj., Iapygian, also for Apulian, Calabrian: campus, Sil. 1, 51; 3, 707: equus, Verg. A. 11, 678: Garganus, id. ib. 11, 247: Daunus, as king of Apulia, Ov. M. 14, 458; 510.
      3. 3. Ĭāpygēus, i, m. (sc. ventus), the wind usually called Iapyx (v. supra), App. de Mundo, p. 63, 20.