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|lshtext=<b>Thēbae</b>: ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60), f., = [[Θῆβαι]] (or [[Θήβη]]),<br /><b>I</b> [[Thebes]], the [[name]] of [[several]] cities of [[antiquity]].—The [[most]] [[considerable]] were,<br /><b>I</b> The [[city]] of the [[hundred]] gates, in Upper [[Egypt]], [[now]] Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thēbae-us, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Thebes]], Theban: [[mons]], in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban: palmae, Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97; called also [[simply]] Thebaicae, Stat. S. 4, 9, 26: [[triticum]], Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68: [[lapis]], id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157: [[harena]], id. 36, 6, 9, § 53: [[marmor]], Spart. Nigr. 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thē-bāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. [[terra]]), the Thebaid, the [[capital]] of [[which]] [[was]] [[Thebes]], Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> The [[chief]] [[city]] of Bœotia, one of the [[most]] [[ancient]] cities in [[Greece]], founded by [[Cadmus]], [[now]] Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Thebes]], Theban: [[Semele]], Hor. C. 1, 19, 2: [[deus]], i. e. [[Hercules]], Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6: [[urbs]], i. e. [[Thebes]], Hor. A. P. 394: duces, i. e. [[Eteocles]] and [[Polynices]], Prop. 2, 9, 50; called also, Thebani fratres, Luc. 4, 551: [[soror]], [[their]] [[sister]] [[Antigone]], Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67: [[mater]], i. e. [[Niobe]], Stat. Th. 1, 711: modi, i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13: [[aenigma]], i. e. of the Theban [[Sphinx]], Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. —Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of [[Thebes]], the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban: [[chelys]], i. e. of [[Amphion]] the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60: [[hospes]], Sen. Agam. 315.—Substt.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of [[Thebes]], Ov. M. 6, 163.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sc. [[terra]], the [[district]] of [[Thebes]], in Upper [[Egypt]], Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sc. [[femina]], a Theban [[woman]], Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sc. [[Musa]], the [[song]] of [[Thebes]] (in Bœotia), the [[name]] of a [[poem]] by [[Statius]], Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[city]] in [[Mysia]], destroyed by [[Achilles]], Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—<br /> A [[city]] in [[Cilicia]], Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban [[dame]], i. e. [[Andromache]], the [[daughter]] of [[Eetion]], [[king]] of [[Thebes]] in [[Mysia]], Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.
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|gf=<b>Thēbæ</b>,¹⁰ ārum, f. ([[Θῆβαι]]),<br /><b>1</b> Thèbes [aux cent portes, [[capitale]] de la Haute-Égypte] : Plin. 5, 60 ; [[Mela]] 1, 60<br /><b>2</b> ville de Mysie détruite par Achille : Ov. M. 12, 110 ; [[Mela]] 1, 91<br /><b>3</b> ville de Béotie, fondée par [[Cadmus]], [[patrie]] de Pindare : [[Mela]] 2, 40 ; Plin. 4, 25 ; Cic. Inv. 1, 93<br /><b>4</b> ville de Cilicie : Plin. 5, 92.
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