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Britomartis

Britomartis · f

A Cretan nymph

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Where it lives

Appendix Vergiliana 2 · 5.77/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 2 · 2.64/10k

What it meant

Brĭtŏmartis — Lewis & Short

Brĭtŏmartis, is, f., = *brito/martis (Cretan, *b*p*i*t*u, rich in blessing, and *m*a*p*t*i*s, 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.

In the wild

Britomarti Appendix Vergiliana, Appendix Vergiliana 296
Britomartis Claudian, de consulatu Stilichonis 3.1.327
Britomartis Claudian, de consulatu Stilichonis 3.1.275
Britomarti Appendix Vergiliana, Appendix Vergiliana 295

Where it came from

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