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Lewis Short

Lăpĭtha | Lăpĭthes, ae | Lăpĭthae, ārum | Lăpĭthaeus, a, um | Lăpĭthēĭus, a, um | Lăpĭ-thōnĭus, a, um (noun Com.m.m) : com., and , , m.
* A Lapitha; plur.: , , m., = Λαπίθαι, the Lapithae, a rude tribe of mountaineers in Thessaly, about Olympus, who fought with the Centaurs at the wedding of Pirithŏüs, king of the Lapithae, 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.
* Hence
* Adj., of or belonging to the Lapithae, Lapithean: gens,Ov. M. 12, 530.
* Adj., of the Lapithae: tecta,Ov. M. 12, 417: proelia,id. ib. 14, 670.
* Adj., of the Lapithae: nympha,Stat. Th. 7, 297.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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