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Lewis Short
Brĭtŏmartis (noun F) : Βριτόμαρτις (Cretan, ΒΠΙΤΥ, rich in blessing, and ΜΑΠΤΙΣ, maiden, Sol. 11).
* A Cretan nymph, daughter of Jupiter and Carme, inventress of the hunting-net; when pursued by Minos, she cast herself into the sea, Verg. Cir. 285 sq.
* An epithet of the Cretan Diana: ignea,Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 251: lucos Britomartis agit,id. ib. 303.
* A Cretan nymph, daughter of Jupiter and Carme, inventress of the hunting-net; when pursued by Minos, she cast herself into the sea, Verg. Cir. 285 sq.
* An epithet of the Cretan Diana: ignea,Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 251: lucos Britomartis agit,id. ib. 303.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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