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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Brĭtŏmartis</b>: is, f., = [[Βριτόμαρτις]] (Cretan, ΒΠΙΤΥ>, [[rich]] in [[blessing]], and ΜΑΠΤΙΣ>, [[maiden]], Sol. 11).<br /><b>I</b> A Cretan [[nymph]], [[daughter]] of Jupiter and Carme, [[inventress]] of the [[hunting]]-[[net]]; [[when]] pursued by [[Minos]], she [[cast]] herself [[into]] the [[sea]], Verg. Cir. 285 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> An epithet of the Cretan [[Diana]]: ignea, Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 251: lucos [[Britomartis]] agit, id. ib. 303.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Brĭtŏmartis</b>, is, f., nom d’une [[nymphe]] de Crète : Claud. Cons. Stil. 3, 251.
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{{Georges
|georg=Britomartis, [[tis]], Vok. ti, f. ([[Βριτόμαρτις]], vom kret. βριτυς = [[süß]], [[segensreich]], u. *μάρτις = μαρνά, [[Jungfrau]]; [[virgo]] [[dulcis]] übersetzt v. Solin. 11, 8, wo Akk. Britomartem), urspr. eine kretische Segensgottheit, [[als]] [[Nymphe]] der [[Diana]] [[mit]] den Beinamen [[Aphaea]] u. [[Dictynna]] (s.u.d. WW. das Nähere), Ps. Verg. cir. 294 sq., [[spät]]. [[mit]] der kretischen [[Diana]] identifiziert, Claud. cons. [[Stil]]. 3, 251 u. 303.
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|sltx=[[Βριτόμαρτις]]
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