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|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.
|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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Brĭtŏmartis: is, f., = Βριτόμαρτις (Cretan, ΒΠΙΤΥ>, rich in blessing, and ΜΑΠΤΙΣ>, maiden, Sol. 11).
I 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.—
II An epithet of the Cretan Diana: ignea, Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 251: lucos Britomartis agit, id. ib. 303.