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Būsīris, ĭdis and ĭdos (ĭdis, Verg. G. 3, 5; 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), = Βούσῖρις.

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Fem., a considerable town in Lower Egypt, with a temple of Isis, now Abousir, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 64.
    1. B. A village near the Great Pyramid, Plin. 36, 12, 16, § 76.