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|lshtext=<b>Bŏii</b>: ōrum, m., = Βοῖοι Polyb., Βόϊοι Strab.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[people]] in [[Gallia]] Lugdunensis, [[now]] the Bourbonnais, Départ. de l'Allier, Caes. B. G. 1, 5; 1, 25; 1, 28; Liv. 5, 35, 2 et saep.; Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107; 3, 15, 20, § 116; Tac. G. 28; [[their]] [[chief]] [[town]], or, acc. to others, [[their]] [[country]], [[was]] [[Boia]], ae, f., Caes. B. G. 7, 14.—A [[part]] of the [[Boii]] went to Upper [[Italy]], and [[occupied]] the [[region]] of the [[present]] [[Parma]] and Modena, Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124; Liv. 5, 34 sqq.; 10, 26 sqq.; Front. Strat. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, Boicus [[ager]] dicitur, qui fuit Boiorum Gallorum. Is [[autem]] est in Galliă [[citra]] [[Alpes]], quae togata dicitur, Fest. p. 30.—In [[Germany]] also [[they]] established [[themselves]], and were called [[there]] [[Boiemi]], [[Bohemi]] or Boihemi, or, by [[collective]] [[term]], Boihaemum, i (Halm), the [[present]] Bohemians, Tac. G. 28; cf. Vell. 2, 109, 3.—In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>: [[Boia]], ae, f., a [[woman]] of the [[Boii]], in a [[pun]] [[with]] boia, the <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]> of [[boiae]]: Boius est, Boiam terit, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108.
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