Baucis
From LSJ
Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das Wort – Maeroris unica medicina oratio.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Baucis: ĭdis, f., = Βαῦκις.
I The wife of Philemon, in Phrygia. She, with her husband, entertained, in a very hospitable manner, Jupiter and Mercury, who came to them in the form of men; in return for which they were changed to two sacred trees before their hut, which became a temple, Ov. M. 8, 631 sq.—
II Meton., an old woman, Pers. 4, 21.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Baucis,¹⁶ ĭdis, f., femme de Philémon : Ov. M. 8, 631
