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LNS

Caīcus, Caīcī

(Caȳcus, Caȳcī)

Caicus, Caycus

Κάικος

noun (m., 3^rd Greek declension)

A river of Greater Mysia, which takes its rise on Mt. Teuthras, passes near Pergamus, and flows into the sea opposite Lesbos
Bakhir Tchai
One of the companions of Aeneas

Abbreviations

Caīcus (Caȳcus, Ov. M. 12, 111), i, m., = Κάικος. A river of Greater Mysia, which takes its rise on Mt. Teuthras, passes near Pergamus, and flows into the sea opposite Lesbos; now the Bakhir Tchai, Cic. Fl. 29, 72; Liv. 37, 18, 6; Mel. 1, 18, 1; Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 121; Verg. G. 4, 370; Ov. M. 2, 243; 15, 278; Luc. 3, 203.

— One of the companions of Aeneas, Verg. A. 1, 183; 9, 35.