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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1004.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1004.jpg}}]]Βάττος, ὁ.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Battus</b>: i, m., = Βάττος.<br /><b>I</b> A [[name]] given to [[Aristotle]] of [[Thera]], the [[founder]] of [[Cyrene]], Sil. 8, 57; 17, 591; Just. 13, 7, 1.— Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Battĭădes, ae, m., an [[inhabitant]] of [[Cyrene]], Sil. 2, 61; 3, 252; 17, 592; and, κατ ἐξοχήν, the [[poet]] [[Callimachus]], a [[native]] of [[Cyrene]], Cat. 65, 16; Ov. Tr. 2, 367; id. Ib. 55; id. Am. 1, 15, 13; Stat. S. 5, 3, 157.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[herdsman]] of [[Neleus]], in [[Triphylia]], [[near]] [[Elis]], in the [[Peloponnesus]], [[who]], on [[account]] of his betraying a [[theft]] of [[Mercury]], [[was]] transformed by him [[into]] the [[stone]] Index, Ov. M. 2, 688 sq.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Battus</b>,¹⁴ ī, m.,<br /><b>1</b> nom donné à Aristote de Théra, fondateur de Cyrène : Ov. Ib. 586 ; Just. 13, 7, 1 ; Sil. 8, 57<br /><b>2</b> berger témoin du meurtre d’[[Argus]] : Ov. M. 2, 688.
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