Lăpĭtha, ae, com., and Lăpĭthes, ae, m.,
I a Lapitha; plur. : Lăpĭthae , ārum, m., = Λαπίθαι, the Lapithae , a rude tribe of mountaineers in Thessaly, about Olympus, who fought with the Centaurs at the wedding of Pirithŏüs, king of the Lapithae, Ov. M. 12, 261; 536; Hor. C. 1, 18, 8; 2, 12, 5; Cic. Pis. 10, 22.— Gen. plur. : Lapithūm, Verg. A. 7, 304.— Sing. gen. : Lapithae, Ov. M. 12, 250.—In fem. adjectively: Lapithae genus heroinae, Prop. 2, 2, 9 (Müll. heroine); cf.: Lapithes eques, Val. Fl. 5, 516.—
II Hence,
A Lăpĭthaeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Lapithae, Lapithean : gens, Ov. M. 12, 530.—
B Lăpĭthēĭus , a, um, adj., of the Lapithae : tecta, Ov. M. 12, 417: proelia, id. ib. 14, 670.—
C Lăpĭ-thōnĭus , a, um, adj., of the Lapithae : nympha, Stat. Th. 7, 297.