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1. Lūcĭus, i, m. [lux; of the day],

  1. I. a Roman prænomen, usually represented by L.: Crepusci, qui eo tempore erant nati, ut Lucii prima luce, Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll.; cf.: qui luci natus est Lucius, id. ib. 9, § 60 Müll.; and: Lucius praenomen est ejus, qui primum fuit, qui oriente luce natus est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 119 Müll.
    In fem.: Lūcia, Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.
    Hence,
  2. II. Lucipor for Lucii puer, the slave of a Lucius, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 26.

Lycĭa (Lŭcĭa, Plaut. Curc. 3, 73 Fleck.), ae, f., = Λυκία,

  1. I. a country of Asia Minor, between Caria and Pamphylia, where was the volcano Chimæra, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 15, 1; 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97: Chimaerifera Lycia, Ov. M. 6, 340; Stat. Th. 8, 200; Verg. A. 7, 721.
    Hence,
  2. II. Lycĭus, a, um, adj., Lycian: sagittae, Verg. A. 8, 166: pharetra, id. ib. 7, 816: cornu, id. ib. 11, 773: sortes, the oracle of Apollo at Patara, in Lycia, id. ib. 4, 346: deus, i. e. Apollo, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 38; cf. Macr. S. 1, 17: catervae, i. e. the troops of Sarpedon, Hor. C. 1, 8, 16.
    1. B. Subst.
      1. 1. Lycĭi, ōrum, m., the Lycians, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 21; id. Div. 1, 15, 25; id. Att. 6, 5, 3 et saep.
      2. 2. Lycĭum, i, n., a kind of thorn, the juice and roots of which were used medicinally, Plin. 24, 14, 76, § 124 sq.; Cels. 5, 26, 30; 6, 7, 2; 8, 6; 9.