Baucis

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

Baucis, ĭdis, f., = Βαῦκις.

I The wife of Philemon , in Phrygia. She, with her husband, entertained, in a very hospitable manner, Jupiter and Mercury, who came to them in the form of men; in return for which they were changed to two sacred trees before their hut, which became a temple, Ov. M. 8, 631 sq.—

II Meton., an old woman , Pers. 4, 21.