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<b class="b2">Boeotian</b>, adj.: Βοιώτιος (-οι, sometimes scanned as short). Fem. adj., Βοιωτίς, -ίδος (Xen.). | <b class="b2">Boeotian</b>, adj.: Βοιώτιος (-οι, sometimes scanned as short). Fem. adj., Βοιωτίς, -ίδος (Xen.). | ||
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|lshtext=<b>Boeōtĭa</b>: ae, f., = Βοιωτἰα.<br /><b>I</b> Bœotia, a [[district]] of [[Greece]] [[proper]], whose [[capital]] [[was]] [[Thebes]], the birthplace of [[Bacchus]] and [[Hercules]], Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 49; Ov. M. 2, 239; Mel. 2, 3, 4; acc. to [[fable]], so called [[either]] [[after]] [[Apollo]]'s [[cow]] (Βοῦς), Ov. M. 3, 13, or from Bœotus, the [[son]] of [[Neptune]], Hyg. Fab. 186.—Its inhabitants were [[noted]] for [[their]] [[stupidity]], Cic. Fat. 4; Nep. Alcib. 11, 3; id. Epam. 5, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Liv. 42, 43 sqq.; Tert. Anim. c. 20; cf. the Comm. [[upon]] Aelian. Var. H. 13, 25; Schol. Apoll. Rhod. Argon. 3, 1241.—<br /> <b>B</b> Derivv.<br /> <b>1</b> Boeōtĭus, a, um, adj., = Βοιώτιος, Bœotian: [[Bacis]], Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34: [[vates]], id. ib. 2, 26, 56: Neo, Liv. 44, 43, 6: [[Haemon]], Prop. 2, 8, 21: [[moenia]] = [[Thebae]], Ov. M. 3, 13: Thyas, Val. Fl. 5, 80.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: Boeōtii, ōrum, m., the Bœotians, Nep. Alcib. 11, 3; Liv. 33, 1, 1; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49.—<br /> <b>2</b> Boeōtus, a, um, adj., = [[Βοιωτός]]>, Bœotian ([[poet]].): [[tellus]] = [[Boeotia]], Ov. M. 12, 9: flumina, Stat. Th. 7, 424: urbes, id. ib. 4, 360: duces, Luc. 3, 174: [[Orion]], Ov. F. 5, 493.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: Boeōti, ōrum, m., the Bœotians, Liv. 33, 29, 1 sq.; 42, 43, 5 sq. al.: Boeotūm = Boeotorum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Avien. Orb. Terr. 586; Prisc. Perieg. 428.—<br /> <b>3</b> Boeōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Βοιωτικός, Bœotian: [[frumentum]], Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 66: [[cucumis]], id. 19, 5, 23, § 68: [[napus]], id. 19, 5, 25, § 76.—<br /> <b>4</b> Boeōtis, ĭdis, f., = Βοιωτίς = Bœotia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> The [[wife]] of [[Hyas]], and [[mother]] of the Pleiades, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21.—<br /><b>III</b> The Bœotian [[woman]], the [[name]] of a [[lost]] [[comedy]] of [[Plautus]], Gell. 3, 3, 3. | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Βοιωτία, ἡ (-οι, sometimes scanned as short).
A Boeotian: Βοιωτός, ὁ.
Boeotian, adj.: Βοιώτιος (-οι, sometimes scanned as short). Fem. adj., Βοιωτίς, -ίδος (Xen.).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Boeōtĭa: ae, f., = Βοιωτἰα.
I Bœotia, a district of Greece proper, whose capital was Thebes, the birthplace of Bacchus and Hercules, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 49; Ov. M. 2, 239; Mel. 2, 3, 4; acc. to fable, so called either after Apollo's cow (Βοῦς), Ov. M. 3, 13, or from Bœotus, the son of Neptune, Hyg. Fab. 186.—Its inhabitants were noted for their stupidity, Cic. Fat. 4; Nep. Alcib. 11, 3; id. Epam. 5, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Liv. 42, 43 sqq.; Tert. Anim. c. 20; cf. the Comm. upon Aelian. Var. H. 13, 25; Schol. Apoll. Rhod. Argon. 3, 1241.—
B Derivv.
1 Boeōtĭus, a, um, adj., = Βοιώτιος, Bœotian: Bacis, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34: vates, id. ib. 2, 26, 56: Neo, Liv. 44, 43, 6: Haemon, Prop. 2, 8, 21: moenia = Thebae, Ov. M. 3, 13: Thyas, Val. Fl. 5, 80.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>: Boeōtii, ōrum, m., the Bœotians, Nep. Alcib. 11, 3; Liv. 33, 1, 1; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49.—
2 Boeōtus, a, um, adj., = Βοιωτός>, Bœotian (poet.): tellus = Boeotia, Ov. M. 12, 9: flumina, Stat. Th. 7, 424: urbes, id. ib. 4, 360: duces, Luc. 3, 174: Orion, Ov. F. 5, 493.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>: Boeōti, ōrum, m., the Bœotians, Liv. 33, 29, 1 sq.; 42, 43, 5 sq. al.: Boeotūm = Boeotorum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Avien. Orb. Terr. 586; Prisc. Perieg. 428.—
3 Boeōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Βοιωτικός, Bœotian: frumentum, Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 66: cucumis, id. 19, 5, 23, § 68: napus, id. 19, 5, 25, § 76.—
4 Boeōtis, ĭdis, f., = Βοιωτίς = Bœotia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.—
II The wife of Hyas, and mother of the Pleiades, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21.—
III The Bœotian woman, the name of a lost comedy of Plautus, Gell. 3, 3, 3.
