I. 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.—
B. Derivv.
1. 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.—
2. 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.—
3. Boeōtĭcus , a, um, adj., = Βοιωτικός, Bœotian: “frumentum,” Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 66: “cucumis,” id. 19, 5, 23, § 68: “napus,” id. 19, 5, 25, § 76.—
II. The wife of Hyas, and mother of the Pleiades, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21.—
III. The Bœotian woman, the name of a lost comedy of Plautus, Gell. 3, 3, 3.
