Butes
Ὦ τύμβος, ὦ νυμφεῖον, ὦ κατασκαφὴς οἴκησις αἰείφρουρος, οἷ πορεύομαι πρὸς τοὺς ἐμαυτῆς, ὧν ἀριθμὸν ἐν νεκροῖς πλεῖστον δέδεκται Φερσέφασσ' ὀλωλότων. → Tomb, bridal chamber, eternal prison in the caverned rock, whither I go to find mine own, those many who have perished, and whom Persephone hath received among the dead. | Tomb, bridal-chamber, deep-dug eternal prison where I go to find my own, whom in the greatest numbers destruction has seized and Persephone has welcomed among the dead.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Būtes: ae (acc. Buten, Verg. A. 5, 372; 9, 647; 11, 690 sq.; Ov. M. 7, 500), m., = Βούτης.
I Son of Amycus, king of the Bebrycians, slain by Dares at the tomb of Hector, Verg. A. 5, 372.—
II An Argonaut, son of Teleon and Zeuxippe, Hyg. Fab. 14.—
III Son of the Athenian Pallas, sent with Cephalus to Æacus, Ov. M. 7, 500.—
An armor-bearer of Anchises, Verg. A. 9, 647 sqq.—
A Trojan, Verg. A. 11, 690 sqq.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Būtēs,¹⁴ æ, m., nom d’homme Virg. En. 5, 372 ; Ov. M. 7, 500.
