I.a small town in Campania, on the coast between Cumœ and Puteoli, a favorite resort of the Romans on account of its warm baths and pleasant situation; acc. to the fable, built by one of the companions of Ulysses (Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 441; cf. “Strabo, 5, p. 376): homo durus ac priscus invectus est in eos, qui mense Aprili apud Balas essent et aquis calidis uterentur,” Cic. Fragm. in Clod. 4, 1; id. Fam. 9, 12; Prop. 1, 11, 1; 1, 11, 27; 3 (4), 18, 2; Hor. C. 2, 18, 20; 3, 4, 24; id. Ep. 1, 1, 83; 1, 15, 2 sqq.; 1, 15, 12; Sen. Ep. 56, 1 sqq.; “also called Aquae Cumanae,” Liv. 41, 16, 3.—Adj.: “Baiae aquae,” Prop. 1, 11, 30.—
B. Meton., for any wateringplace, Cic. Cael. 16, 38; so id. ib. 15, 35; 20, 47; 20, 49; Mart. 10, 13, 3; so Tib. 3, 5, 3 Huschk.—
II. Deriv.: Baiānus , a, um, adj., belonging to Baiœ, of Baiœ, Baian: “sinus,” Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227: “lacus,” id. 14, 6, 8, § 61: “negotia,” Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1: “murex,” from the sea-coast, Hor. S. 2, 4, 32: “soles,” Mart. 6, 43: “Lucrinus,” the Lucrine lake, situated near Baiœ, id. 13, 82 al.—
B. Subst.: Baiānum , i, n., the region of Baiœ, the Baian territory, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 24; 9, 54, 79, § 168.
