Atthis (better than Attis), ĭdis, adj. f., = Ἀτθίς.
I Attic or Athenian : matres, Mart. 11, 53: lingua, Ap. Met. 1, 1, 10 Oud. —Hence,
II Subst.
A 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.—
B A female friend of Sappho : Non oculis grata est Atthis, Ov. H. 15, 18 Merk. ubi v. Loers.—
C A name for Attica : Atthide temptantur gressus, Lucr. 6, 1116; Sid. Carm. 5, 44; cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4; 2, 7, 10.