- Busiris
- Būsīris, ĭdis and ĭdos (ĭdis, Verg. G. 3, 5;I.
ìdos,
Stat. Th. 12, 155; acc. Busiridem, Quint. 2, 7, 4; Hyg. Fab. 31; 56; Serv.ad Verg. A. 8, 300:Busirin,
Ov. A. A. 1, 649; id. M. 9, 183:Busirim,
Amm. 28, 1, 46 ), = Bousiris.Masc., a king of Egypt, who sacrificed strangers, and was himself slain by Hercules, Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15; Verg. G. 3, 5; Mythogr. Lat. 1, 65; 2, 157; Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 39; Macr. S. 3, 5, 9.—II.Fem., a considerable town in Lower Egypt, with a temple of Isis, now Abousir, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 64.—B.A village near the Great Pyramid, Plin. 36, 12, 16, § 76.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.