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* baubor, āri, v. dep. [cf. Gr. βαιΐζω]; of dogs, to bark gently or moderately (cf. latrare, to bark angrily): et quom desertei baubantur in aedibus. Lucr. 5, 1071; v. the context, and Munro ad loc.

Baucidiăs, ădis, f., a small island in the Gulf of Argolis, Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 56.

Baucis, ĭdis, f., = Βαῦκις.

  1. I. The wife of Philemon, in Phrygia. She, with her husband, entertained, in a very hospitable manner, Jupiter and Mercury, who came to them in the form of men; in return for which they were changed to two sacred trees before their hut, which became a temple, Ov. M. 8, 631 sq.
  2. II. Meton., an old woman, Pers. 4, 21.

Baudŏs, i, m., a river in Syria, Mel. 1, 12, 5.

Bauli, ōrum, m., = Βαῦλοι [acc. to the fable, from βοῦς and αὐλή, since here Hercules shut up the cattle taken from Geryon; v. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 107; 7, 662; Symm. Ep. 1, 1, both of whom understand the original form as Boaulia], a place near Baiœ, now Bacolo, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 5; Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125; 2, 3, 9; id. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; 9, 55, 81, § 172; Tac. A. 14, 4; Suet. Ner. 34; Mart. 4, 63.

Bauma, ae, f., a town in Ethiopia, Plin 6, 29, 35, § 179.