Alcithoe

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Alcĭthŏē, ēs, f., = Ἀλκιθόη,

one of the daughters of Minyas in Thebes , changed into a bat for ridiculing the orgies of Bacchus , Ov. M. 4, 1; 274; 389 sq.; cf. O. Müll. Gesch. Hellen. Stämme, 1, 167 sq.