Propoetides

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

Prōpoetĭdes, um, f., = Πρωποιτιδες,

Cyprian girls , who , having denied the divinity of Venus , were turned to stone , Ov. M. 10, 220; Lact. Placid. Fab. Ov. 10, 7.