Thēbae — Lewis & Short
Thēbae, ārum (collat. form Thēbē, ēs, f., = *qh=bai (or *qh/bh),
Juv. 15, 6; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60),I Thebes, the name of several cities of antiquity.—The most considerable were,
I The city of the hundred gates, in Upper Egypt, now Karnak, etc., Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; 36, 7, 11, § 58; 36, 8, 12, § 60; 36, 13, 20, § 94 al.—Hence,
1 Thēbae-us, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:
mons,in the Thebaid, Claud. Idyll. 1, 91.—
2 Thēbāĭcus, a, um, adj., Theban:
palmae,Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97;
called also simply Thebaicae,Stat. S. 4, 9, 26:
triticum,Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68:
lapis,id. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157:
harena,id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:
marmor,Spart. Nigr. 12.—
3 Thē-bāïs, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), the Thebaid, the capital of which was Thebes, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 al. et saep.—
II The chief city of Bœotia, one of the most ancient cities in Greece, founded by Cadmus, now Thive, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; 5, 19, 17, § 76; 7, 29, 30, § 109; Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2; Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93; Hor. C. 1, 7, 3; 4, 4, 64; id. Ep. 1, 16, 74.—Hence,
1 Thēbānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thebes, Theban:
Semele,Hor. C. 1, 19, 2:
deus,i. e. Hercules, Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 6:
urbs,i. e. Thebes, Hor. A. P. 394:
duces,i. e. Eteocles and Polynices, Prop. 2, 9, 50;
called also, Thebani fratres,Luc. 4, 551:
soror,their sister Antigone, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 67:
mater,i. e. Niobe, Stat. Th. 1, 711:
modi,i. e. Pindaric, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:
aenigma,i. e. of the Theban Sphinx, Mart. 1, 91, 9 et saep. —Plur. subst.: Thēbāni, ōrum, m., the innabitants of Thebes, the Thebans, Cic. Fat. 4, 7; id. Rep. 4, 4.—
2 Thēbăïs, ĭdis, adj. f., Theban:
chelys,i. e. of Amphion the Theban, Stat. S. 2, 2, 60:
hospes,Sen. Agam. 315.—Substt.
a Thēbăĭdes, um, f., the women of Thebes, Ov. M. 6, 163.—
b Thēbăïs, ĭdis, f.
(a) Sc. terra, the district of Thebes, in Upper Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 12, 21, 46, § 100; 13, 4, 9, § 47 sq.—
(b) Sc. femina, a Theban woman, Ov. M. 6, 163; id. A. A. 3, 778.—
(g) Sc. Musa, the song of Thebes (in Bœotia), the name of a poem by Statius, Stat. S. 3, 5, 36; id. Th. 12, 812; Juv. 7, 83.—
III A city in Mysia, destroyed by Achilles, Ov. M. 12, 110; 13, 173; Mel. 1, 18, 2.—
IV A city in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Thēbāna, ae, f., the Theban dame, i. e. Andromache, the daughter of Eetion, king of Thebes in Mysia, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 29.