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{{Lewis
|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 sing.: [[Boia]], ae, f., a [[woman]] of the [[Boii]], in a [[pun]] [[with]] boia, the sing. of [[boiae]]: Boius est, Boiam terit, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>Bŏiī</b>¹² ou <b>Bŏī</b>, ōrum, m., Boïens [peuple celtique] : Cæs. G. 1, 5, 4 &#124;&#124; Boïens de la Gaule Transpadane : Liv. 5, 35, 2 &#124;&#124; au sing. Boius et [[Boia]] (avec jeu de mots sur [[boia]]), Pl. Capt. 888, Boïen, Boïenne &#124;&#124; <b>-ĭcus</b>, a, um, des Boïens : P. Fest. 36.<br />(2) <b>Bŏiī</b>, ōrum, m., ville des Tarbelles [Aquitaine] : Anton. 456 ; P. Nol. Carm. 10, 241.||Boïens de la Gaule Transpadane : Liv. 5, 35, 2||au sing. Boius et [[Boia]] (avec jeu de mots sur [[boia]]), Pl. Capt. 888, Boïen, Boïenne||<b>-ĭcus</b>, a, um, des Boïens : P. Fest. 36.<br />(2) <b>Bŏiī</b>, ōrum, m., ville des Tarbelles [Aquitaine] : Anton. 456 ; P. Nol. Carm. 10, 241.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) Boiī<sup>1</sup> u. Boī, ōrum, m. (Βοϊοί), eine der ansehnlichsten keltischen Völkerschaften, die [[nach]] der aus Liv. 5, 34 sqq. bekannten [[Sage]] ihre ursprünglichen Wohnsitze im eigentl. Gallien [[verlassen]] hatten und zum [[Teil]] [[gegen]] das hercynische Waldgebirge ([[bis]] ins j. Böhmen) vorgedrungen waren, [[teils]] die Alpen überstiegen und das Po-[[Tal]] [[zwischen]] den Alpen u. Apenninen eingenommen hatten, beständige [[Gegner]] der [[Römer]] in den Kriegen in Oberitalien u. Gallien. Cäsar schlug [[einen]] [[Teil]] u. wies ihm Wohnsitze [[bei]] den Aduern an, Nom. [[Boii]], Caes. b.G. 1, 25, 6 u.ö. Liv. 5, 35, 2 u.ö. Tac. Germ. 28: Nom. [[Boi]], Liv. 21, 25, 2; 32, 30, 3; 34, 46, 1; 35, 4, 4. Plin. 3, 116 u. 124 4, 107: Abl. Boiis, Caes. b. G. 7, 75, 3. Tac. Germ. 42. – Sing., Boius, ī, m., [[ein]] Bojer, [[Boia]], ae, f., eine Bojerin, [[nobilis]] Boius, Liv. 39, 42, 10 (viell. aus [[Cato]]): u. (in dem [[Wortspiel]] [[mit]] 1. [[boia]]) Boius est, Boiam terit (obszön = [[quasi]] subiungit), Plaut. capt. 888. – Dav. a) [[Boia]], das Bojerland, Caes. b.G. 7, 14, 5 zw. – b) Boiohaemum, ī, n. = Bojenheim, d.i. die Bojerheimat, das Bojerland, Vell. 2, 109, 5 [[Halm]]: Nbf. [[Boihaemum]], Tac. Germ. 28 [[Halm]] (Nipperd.-Schöll [[Boihemum]]). – c) Boicus, a, um, bojisch, der Bojer, [[ager]], Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 36, 10.<br />'''(2)''' Boiī<sup>2</sup>, ōrum, m., [[Ort]] der Tarbeller in Aquitanien, j. [[Buch]], Itin. Anton. 456, 4. Paul. Nol. ep. ad [[Auson]]. 4, 241.
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