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Baucis

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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 || [fig.] une vieille femme : Pers. 4, 21.

Latin > German (Georges)

Baucis, cidis, f. (Βαῦκις), hochbetagte Gattin des ebenf. hochbejahrten Philemon in Phrygien, Ov. met. 8, 621 sqq. – dah. appell., eine Baucis = eine alte Frau, Pers. 4, 21.

Spanish > Greek

Βαῦκις