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|lshtext=<b>Boeōtĭa</b>: ae, f., = Βοιωτἰα.<br /><b>I</b> Bœotia, a [[district]] of [[Greece]] [[proper]], whose [[capital]] [[was]] [[Thebes]], the birthplace of [[Bacchus]] and [[Hercules]], Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 49; Ov. M. 2, 239; Mel. 2, 3, 4; acc. to [[fable]], so called [[either]] [[after]] [[Apollo]]'s [[cow]] (Βοῦς), Ov. M. 3, 13, or from Bœotus, the [[son]] of [[Neptune]], Hyg. Fab. 186.—Its inhabitants were [[noted]] for [[their]] [[stupidity]], Cic. Fat. 4; Nep. Alcib. 11, 3; id. Epam. 5, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Liv. 42, 43 sqq.; Tert. Anim. c. 20; cf. the Comm. [[upon]] Aelian. Var. H. 13, 25; Schol. Apoll. Rhod. Argon. 3, 1241.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Boeōtĭus, a, um, adj., = Βοιώτιος, Bœotian: [[Bacis]], Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34: [[vates]], id. ib. 2, 26, 56: Neo, Liv. 44, 43, 6: [[Haemon]], Prop. 2, 8, 21: [[moenia]] = [[Thebae]], Ov. M. 3, 13: Thyas, Val. Fl. 5, 80.—In plur.: Boeōtii, ōrum, m., the Bœotians, Nep. Alcib. 11, 3; Liv. 33, 1, 1; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Boeōtus, a, um, adj., = [[Βοιωτός]]>, Bœotian ([[poet]].): [[tellus]] = [[Boeotia]], Ov. M. 12, 9: flumina, Stat. Th. 7, 424: urbes, id. ib. 4, 360: duces, Luc. 3, 174: [[Orion]], Ov. F. 5, 493.—In plur.: Boeōti, ōrum, m., the Bœotians, Liv. 33, 29, 1 sq.; 42, 43, 5 sq. al.: Boeotūm = Boeotorum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Avien. Orb. Terr. 586; Prisc. Perieg. 428.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Boeōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Βοιωτικός, Bœotian: [[frumentum]], Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 66: [[cucumis]], id. 19, 5, 23, § 68: [[napus]], id. 19, 5, 25, § 76.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Boeōtis, ĭdis, f., = Βοιωτίς = Bœotia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> The [[wife]] of [[Hyas]], and [[mother]] of the Pleiades, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21.—<br /><b>III</b> The Bœotian [[woman]], the [[name]] of a [[lost]] [[comedy]] of [[Plautus]], Gell. 3, 3, 3.