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Lăpĭtha

Lăpĭtha · com

a Lapitha; plur

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What it meant

Lăpĭtha — Lewis & Short

Lăpĭtha, ae, com., and Lăpĭthes, ae, m.,

I a Lapitha; plur.: Lăpĭthae, ārum, m., = *lapi/qai, the Lapithæ, a rude tribe of mountaineers in Thessaly, about Olympus, who fought with the Centaurs at the wedding of Pirithŏüs, king of the Lapithæ, Ov. M. 12, 261; 536; Hor. C. 1, 18, 8; 2, 12, 5; Cic. Pis. 10, 22.—Gen. plur.: Lapithūm, Verg. A. 7, 304.—Sing. gen.: Lapithae, Ov. M. 12, 250.—In fem. adjectively: Lapithae genus heroinae, Prop. 2, 2, 9 (Müll. heroine); cf.: Lapithes eques, Val. Fl. 5, 516.—

II Hence,

A Lăpĭthaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Lapithæ, Lapithean: gens, Ov. M. 12, 530.—

B Lăpĭthēĭus, a, um, adj., of the Lapithæ: tecta, Ov. M. 12, 417: proelia, id. ib. 14, 670.—

C Lăpĭ-thōnĭus, a, um, adj., of the Lapithæ: nympha, Stat. Th. 7, 297.

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