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Lўcormas a river; of Ætolia Lўcortas a general; of the Achæan League lўcos a kind of spider Lўcōtas one of the Centaurs at the wedding of Pirithoüs; A fictitious name of a man Lўcŏtherses a king of Illyria, whom his wife Agave, the daughter of C... Lyctus a city of Crete, east of Gnossus, a colony of the Lacedæm... Lўcurgus Son of Dryas, king of the Edones, who prohibited the wors...; Son of Pheres, a … Lўcus Son of Pandion, king of Lycia; A Theban, who, when Hercules descended into the … Lȳdē the wife of the poet Antimachus of Claros, who attempted ...; The name of a fem… Lȳdĭa a country in Asia Minor, the capital of which was Sardis,... Lygdămus a slave of Cynthia, the mistress of Propertius lygdĭnus adj. of white marble lygdos a white stone Lygii Lygmon lўgos a plant, the chaste tree, agnus castus, Abraham's balm Lўgos an ancient name of Byzantium lympha water; the water lymphācĕus adj. clear as water, clear as crystal lymphātĭcus adj. distracted, frantic, panic-struck lymphātĭo distraction, frenzy lymphātus P. a. lymphātus madness lympho v. a. and n. To water, dilute with water; To drive out of one's senses, to distract with fea… lymphor water Lyncaestē one of Actæon's hounds Lyncestae a people in the south-western part of Macedonia Lynceus a Messenian, and one of the Argonauts, brother of Idas, a...; of Lynceus, Lynce… lyncūrĭon a hard, transparent gem, which, according to the opinion ... Lyncus Masc., a Scythian king, who attempted the life of his gue...; Fem., a city of M… lynx a lynx lўo v. a. to make liquid, to liquefy lўra a lute, lyre Lyrcēĭus adj., Lyrcean, of; near the Mount Lyrceum; between Arcadi... Lyrcīus a fountain in the Peloponnesus lўrĭcen a luteplayer, lyrist lўrĭcus adj. belonging to the lute; lyre, lyric lўristes a luteplayer, lyrist Lyrnēsus a town in Troas, the birthplace of Briseis lyron a plant, also called Lўsander A celebrated Spartan general, conqueror of the Athenians; An ephor in Sparta, b… lysas a plant, also called Lўsĭăcus Lўsĭădes an Athenian, son of the philosopher Phædrus Lўsĭas Son of Cephalus, a famous orator of Athens; A physician; A celebrated sculptor lysĭmăchĭa a plant Lȳsĭmăchīa a city in Thrace; Examili; the Lysimachians lȳsĭmăchos a precious stone with golden veins Lȳsĭmăchus one of the generals of Alexander the Great, afterwards ki...; An Acarnanian, in… Lўsĭnŏē a city of Pisidia Lȳsippus a celebrated brass-founder of Sicyon, to whom alone Alexa... lўsis A loosening, rupture; A talon, ogee Lȳsis a small river in Asia Minor Lўsis a Pythagorean of Tarentum, instructor of Epaminondas Lȳsistrătus the brother of Lysippus, who first made statues of gypsum Lȳsĭtĕlēs the name of a man Lȳson a celebrated sculptor Lystra a city in Lycaonia, north-west of Iconium; the inhabitant... lytra lytrōtes one of the Æons of Valentinus lytrum lytta a worm under a dog's tongue, said to cause madness