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Atthis
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Lewis Short
(Subst.) : Atthis (better than Attis), ĭdis
* Adj. f., = Ἀτθίς.
* Attic or Athenian: matres,Mart. 11, 53: lingua,App. M. 1, praef. Oud. —Hence
* An Athenian woman, Sen. Hippol. 107.—Esp., Philomela; and, since she was changed to a nightingale, meton. for a nightingale, Mart. 1, 54, 9. Also Procne, the sister of Philomela; acc. to the fable (cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 200), changed into a swallow; hence, meton. for a swallow, Mart. 5, 67.
* A female friend of Sappho: Non oculis grata est Atthis,Ov. H. 15, 18 Merk. ubi v. Loers.
* A name for Attica: Atthide temptantur gressus,Lucr. 6, 1116; Sid. Carm. 5, 44; cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4; 2, 7, 10.
* Adj. f., = Ἀτθίς.
* Attic or Athenian: matres,Mart. 11, 53: lingua,App. M. 1, praef. Oud. —Hence
* An Athenian woman, Sen. Hippol. 107.—Esp., Philomela; and, since she was changed to a nightingale, meton. for a nightingale, Mart. 1, 54, 9. Also Procne, the sister of Philomela; acc. to the fable (cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 200), changed into a swallow; hence, meton. for a swallow, Mart. 5, 67.
* A female friend of Sappho: Non oculis grata est Atthis,Ov. H. 15, 18 Merk. ubi v. Loers.
* A name for Attica: Atthide temptantur gressus,Lucr. 6, 1116; Sid. Carm. 5, 44; cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4; 2, 7, 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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