I.a Lapitha; plur.: Lăpĭthae , ārum, m., = Λαπίθαι, 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,