Busiris
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Βούσιρις, -εως, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Būsīris: ĭdis and ĭdos (ĭdis, Verg. G. 3, 5;
I ìdos, Stat. Th. 12, 155; acc. Busiridem, Quint. 2, 7, 4; Hyg. Fab. 31; 56; Serv.ad Verg. A. 8, 300: Busirin, Ov. A. A. 1, 649; id. M. 9, 183: Busirim, Amm. 28, 1, 46), = Βούσῖρις.
I Masc., a king of Egypt, who sacrificed strangers, and was himself slain by Hercules, Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15; Verg. G. 3, 5; Mythogr. Lat. 1, 65; 2, 157; Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 39; Macr. S. 3, 5, 9.—
II Fem., a considerable town in Lower Egypt, with a temple of Isis, now Abousir, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 64.—
B A village near the Great Pyramid, Plin. 36, 12, 16, § 76.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Būsīris,¹³ is ou ĭdis,
1 m., roi d’Égypte : Cic. Rep. 3, 15 ; Virg. G. 3, 5
2 f., ville d’Égypte : Plin. 5, 64.
Latin > German (Georges)
Būsīris, ridis u. ridos, Akk. ridem u. rin od. rim, Abl. ride, m. (Βούσιρις), ein alter König von Ägypten, der seiner Grausamkeit wegen verrufen war, weil er die Fremden, die in sein Land kamen, opferte, Mythogr. Lat. 1, 65 u. 2, 157. Hyg. fab. 31 u. 56. Verg. georg. 3, 5. Ov. met. 9, 183. Ov. trist. 3, 11, 39. Suet. de vir. ill. fr. p. 16, 4 R. Macr. sat. 3, 5, 9. Amm. 28, 1, 46.