Boebē, ēs, f., = Βοίβη.
I A village in the Thessalian province Pelasgiotis , on the shore of Lake Boebeïs , Ov. M. 7, 231.—
B Derivv.
1 Lacus Boebēis (Βοιβηῒς λίμνη, Hom. Il. 2, 711), Lake Boebeïs , now Karla , Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30; because in the neighborhood of Ossa: Ossaea, Luc. 7, 176; and because Minerva was said to have once bathed her feet in it (cf. Hesiod. Fragm. 50, Göttl. in Strab. 9, p. 640): sanctae Boebeidos undae, Prop. 2, 2, 11: pinguis, Val. Fl. 1, 449.—
2 Boebēius , a, um, adj., Boebeian , = Thessalian : proles, i.e. the Thessalian nymphs , Val. Fl. 3, 543.—
II Boebe palus = Boebeïs, Lake Boebeïs , Liv. 31, 41, 4.