Bāiae (dissyl.), ārum, f., = Βαΐαι,
I a small town in Campania , on the coast between Cumae and Puteoli , a favorite resort of the Romans on account of its warm baths and pleasant situation; acc. to the fable, built by one of the companions of Ulysses ( Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 441; cf. Strabo, 5, p. 376): homo durus ac priscus invectus est in eos, qui mense Aprili apud Balas essent et aquis calidis uterentur, Cic. Fragm. in Clod. 4, 1; id. Fam. 9, 12; Prop. 1, 11, 1; 1, 11, 27; 3 (4), 18, 2; Hor. C. 2, 18, 20; 3, 4, 24; id. Ep. 1, 1, 83; 1, 15, 2 sqq.; 1, 15, 12; Sen. Ep. 56, 1 sqq.; also called Aquae Cumanae, Liv. 41, 16, 3.— Adj. : Baiae aquae, Prop. 1, 11, 30.—
B Meton., for any watering place , Cic. Cael. 16, 38; so id. ib. 15, 35; 20, 47; 20, 49; Mart. 10, 13, 3; so Tib. 3, 5, 3 Huschk.—
II Deriv.: Baiānus , a, um, adj., belonging to Baiae , of Baiae , Baian : sinus, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227: lacus, id. 14, 6, 8, § 61: negotia, Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1: murex, from the sea-coast , Hor. S. 2, 4, 32: soles, Mart. 6, 43: Lucrinus, the Lucrine lake , situated near Baiae , id. 13, 82 al.—
B Subst.: Baiānum , i, n., the region of Baiae , the Baian territory , Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 24; 9, 54, 79, § 168.