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Menander, Monostichoi, 176

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Brĭtŏmartis, is, f., nom d’une nymphe de Crète : Claud. Cons. Stil. 3, 251.