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Υἱῷ μέγιστον ἀγαθόν ἐστ' ἔμφρων πατήρ → Prudente patre bonum non maius filio → Dem Sohn ist ein verständiger Vater größtes Gut

Menander, Monostichoi, 525

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Bŏii: ōrum, m., = Βοῖοι Polyb., Βόϊοι Strab.,
I a people in Gallia Lugdunensis, now the Bourbonnais, Départ. de l'Allier, Caes. B. G. 1, 5; 1, 25; 1, 28; Liv. 5, 35, 2 et saep.; Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107; 3, 15, 20, § 116; Tac. G. 28; their chief town, or, acc. to others, their country, was Boia, ae, f., Caes. B. G. 7, 14.—A part of the Boii went to Upper Italy, and occupied the region of the present Parma and Modena, Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124; Liv. 5, 34 sqq.; 10, 26 sqq.; Front. Strat. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, Boicus ager dicitur, qui fuit Boiorum Gallorum. Is autem est in Galliă citra Alpes, quae togata dicitur, Fest. p. 30.—In Germany also they established themselves, and were called there Boiemi, Bohemi or Boihemi, or, by collective term, Boihaemum, i (Halm), the present Bohemians, Tac. G. 28; cf. Vell. 2, 109, 3.—In <number opt="n">sing.</number>: Boia, ae, f., a woman of the Boii, in a pun with boia, the <number opt="n">sing.</number> of boiae: Boius est, Boiam terit, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108.