Libethra

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

Lībēthra, ae, f. (or ōrum, n.; Lībē-thros or -us, i, m., Serv. Verg. E. 7, 21), = Λείβηθρα,

I a fountain near Magnesia, in Macedonia, sacred to the Muses , Mel. 2, 3, 2; Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32.—Hence,

II Lībēthris , ĭdis, f., = Λειβηθρίς, Libethrian : fons, Mart. Cap. 6, § 654.— Plur. subst. : Lībēthrĭ-dĕs , the Muses : nymphae Libethrides, Verg. E. 7, 21.

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