Būsīris, ĭdis and ĭdos (ĭdis, Verg. G. 3, 5; ĭdos, Stat. Th. 12, 155; acc. Busiridem, Quint. 2, 7, 4; Hyg. Fab. 31; 56; Serv.ad Verg. A. 8, 300: Busirin, Ov. A. A. 1, 649; id. M. 9, 183: Busirim, Amm. 28, 1, 46), = Βούσῖρις.
I Masc. , a king of Egypt , who sacrificed strangers , and was himself slain by Hercules , Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15; Verg. G. 3, 5; Mythogr. Lat. 1, 65; 2, 157; Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 39; Macr. S. 3, 5, 9.—
II Fem. , a considerable town in Lower Egypt , with a temple of Isis , now Abousir , Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 64.—
B A village near the Great Pyramid , Plin. 36, 12, 16, § 76.