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LNS

Būtos, Būtī

Butos

Βοῦτος

noun (f., 3^rd Greek declension)

the chief city of the, in Egypt, upon the Sebennytic mouth of the Nile
containing a famous temple and oracle of Latona

Abbreviations

Būtos, i, f., = Βοῦτος, 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.

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