Butos

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

Būtŏs, i, f., = Βοῦτος,

I the chief city of the nomos Ptenethu in Egypt , upon the Sebennytic mouth of the Nile; containing a famous temple and oracle of Latona ( Buto ), Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 64.

II —Hence, Būtĭcus , a, um, adj., of Butos : linum, Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 14.

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