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Sybăris, is, f., = Σύβαρις.

  1. I. A town in Magna Græcia, noted for the effeminacy and debauchery of its inhabitants, afterwards called Thurii, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28; Liv. 26, 39, 7; Plin. 7, 22, 22, § 86; 3, 11, 15, § 97; Ov. M. 15, 51.
    Hence,
      1. 1. Sybărīta, ae, m., an inhabitant of Sybaris, a Sybarite, Sen. Ira, 2, 25, 2; Quint. 3, 7, 24.
      2. 2. Sybărītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sybaris, Sybaritan: ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2: exercitus, Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 157.
      3. 3. Sybărītĭcus, a, um, adj., of Sybaris, Sybaritan: libelli, Sybaritan, i. e. lewd, obscene, Mart. 12, 96, 2; Lampr. Elag. 30.
      4. 4. Sybărītis, ĭdis, f., the name of a lascivious poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 417.
  2. II. Masc.
    1. A. The river on which Sybaris was situated, now Coscile, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97; Ov. M. 15, 315.
    2. B. The name of a young man; acc. Sybarin, Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.