Boeōtĭa, ae, f., = Βοιωτία.
I Boeotia , a district of Greece proper , whose capital was Thebes , the birthplace of Bacchus and Hercules , Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 49; Ov. M. 2, 239; Mel. 2, 3, 4; acc. to fable, so called either after Apollo's cow (Βοῦς), Ov. M. 3, 13, or from Boeotus, the son of Neptune, Hyg. Fab. 186.—Its inhabitants were noted for their stupidity, Cic. Fat. 4; Nep. Alcib. 11, 3; id. Epam. 5, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Liv. 42, 43 sqq.; Tert. Anim. c. 20; cf. the Comm. upon Aelian. Var. H. 13, 25; Schol. Apoll. Rhod. Argon. 3, 1241.—
B Derivv.
1 Boeōtĭus , a, um, adj., = Βοιώτιος, Boeotian : Bacis, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34: vates, id. ib. 2, 26, 56: Neo, Liv. 44, 43, 6: Haemon, Prop. 2, 8, 21: moenia = Thebae, Ov. M. 3, 13: Thyas, Val. Fl. 5, 80.—In plur.: Boeōtii , ōrum, m., the Boeotians , Nep. Alcib. 11, 3; Liv. 33, 1, 1; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49.—
2 Boeōtus , a, um, adj., = Βοιωτός, Boeotian (poet.): tellus = Boeotia, Ov. M. 12, 9: flumina, Stat. Th. 7, 424: urbes, id. ib. 4, 360: duces, Luc. 3, 174: Orion, Ov. F. 5, 493.—In plur.: Boeōti , ōrum, m., the Boeotians , Liv. 33, 29, 1 sq.; 42, 43, 5 sq. al.: Boeotūm = Boeotorum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Avien. Orb. Terr. 586; Prisc. Perieg. 428.—
3 Boeōtĭcus , a, um, adj., = Βοιωτικός, Boeotian : frumentum, Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 66: cucumis, id. 19, 5, 23, § 68: napus, id. 19, 5, 25, § 76.—
4 Boeōtis , ĭdis, f., = Βοιωτίς = Boeotia , Mel. 2, 3, 4.—
II The wife of Hyas , and mother of the Pleiades , Hyg. Astr. 2, 21.—
III The Boeotian woman , the name of a lost comedy of Plautus , Gell. 3, 3, 3.