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ībis, ībis

(ībis, ībidis)

ibis

ἶβις

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

a bird held sacred by the Egyptians, and which lived on water-animals, the ibis
the title of a satiric poem by Ovid

Abbreviations

ībis, is and idis (nom. plur. ibes, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; 2, 50, 126; gen. ibium, Plin. 30, 15, 49, § 142; gen. sing. ibidis, Ov. H. 57; acc. plur. ibidas, Mel. 3, 8 fin.; acc. sing. ibim, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134: ibin, Juv. 15, 3; Ov. H. 98), f., = ἶβις, a bird held sacred by the Egyptians, and which lived on water-animals, the ibis: Numenius ibis, Cuv.; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; 2, 50, 126; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 97; Mel. 3, 8, 9.

— Transf., Ibis, the title of a satiric poem by Ovid (after Callimachus, who bestowed the name of Ibis on Apollonius of Rhodes).