Baptae

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

Baptae, ārum, m., = Βάπται [perh. so called from dyeing their hair; v. Meineke, Com. Fragm. I. p. 119],

priests of the Thracian , afterwards Athenian , goddess Cotytto , whose festival was celebrated in a very lewd manner , Juv. 2, 92 Schol.; cf. Cotytto.