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LNS

Blemyes, Blemyī

(Blemyus, -)

Blemmyae, Blemyae, Blemyes, Blemyi

Βλέμυες

Mostly Plural

noun (m., 2^nd declension)

an Ethiopian people

Abbreviations

Blemmyae or Blemyae, ārum (also Blemyes, Avien. Descr. Orb. 329; and Blemyi, ōrum, Prisc. Perieg. 209), m., = Βλέμυες, an Ethiopian people, Mel. 1, 4, 4; 1, 4, 8 fin.; Vop. Aur. 33, 4; Prob. 17; Claud Nil. 19; acc. to the fable, without head and eyes, and with the mouth in the breast, Mel. 8 fin.; Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 46; Isid. Orig. 11, 3, 17; Sol. 3, 4.