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Baetis (Bĕtis, Paul. Nol. Carm. ad Aus. 10, 236), is, m. (acc. Baetin, Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 12 (al. Baetim); Mart. 9, 62, 2; Claud. Fesc. 12, 31; Mall. Theod. 285; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 238:

  1. I. BAETEM, Inscr. Grut. 153, 4; abl. Baete, Liv. 28, 22, 1: Baeti (al. Baete), Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 13; Amm. 23, 6, 21), = Βαῖτις, a river in Southern Spain, called by the inhabitants Certis, now Guadalquivir, Liv. 28, 16, 2; Mel. 3, 1, 5; Plin. 3, 1, 3, §§ 7 and 13.
  2. II. Deriv.: Baetĭcus, a, um, adj., on or belonging to the Bœtis: provincia, Tac. H. 1, 53: regiones, Col. 1, pr. 20: vocabulum, id. 5, 1, 5: oves, id. 7, 2, 4: lana, Mart. 12, 65, 4; Juv. 12, 40.
    1. B. Subst.: Baetĭca, ae, f., = Βαιτική, the province of Bœtica, lying on the Bœtis, in Southern Spain, distinguished for its excellent wool, now Andalusia and a part of Granada, Mel. 2, 6, 3; 2, 4, 7; 3, 1, 6; 3, 6, 1; Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7; 11, 37, 76, § 196; Tac. H. 1, 78 al.
      Hence,
      1. 2. Adj.: Baetica lana, Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 191: lacernae, made of the Bœtican wool, Mart. 14, 133.
        Baetĭci, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Bœtica, Plin. Ep. 1, 7.

† baetŭlus (bēt-), i, m., = βαίτυλος, a precious stone, round and of a dark color, a species of ceraunia, Plin. 37, 9, 51, § 135.

Bēdrĭăcum (also Bēbrĭăcum and Bētrĭăcum), i, n., = Βητρίακον, a village in Upper Italy, between Verona and Cremona, distinguished in the civil war by two important battles between Otho, Vitellius, and the generals of Vespasian, now Cividale; form Bedriacum, Tac. H. 2, 23, 39 sq.; 2, 23, 44; 2, 23, 49; 2, 3, 15; 2, 3, 20; 2, 3, 31.
Form Bebriacum, Juv. 2, 106; Oros. 7, 8.
Form Betriacum, Suet. Oth. 9; Aur. Vict. Epit. 7, 2; Eutr. 7, 17.
Hence, Bēdrĭăcensis (Bētrĭ-), e, adj., of Bedriacum: campi, Tac. H. 2, 70: via, id. ib. 3, 27: acies, id. ib. 3, 2; 3, 66; Suet. Vesp. 5: pugna, Tac. H. 2, 86: copiae et duces, Suet. Vit. 15: victoria, id. ib. 10: bella, Plin. 10, 49, 69, § 135.

1. bēta, ae (bētis, is, Ser. Samm. 54, 9), f. [hence Fr. bette; Engl. beet], a vegetable, the beet: Beta vulgaris, Linn.; Plin. 19, 8, 40, § 132; 20, 8, 27, § 69; Col. 10, 254; 10, 326; 11, 3, 17 and 42; Pall. Febr. 24, 10; * Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 26; * Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2; cf. * Cat. 67, 21; Mart. 13, 13; 3, 47, 9; Isid. Orig. 17, 10, 15.

† 2. bēta, n. indecl. (beta, ae, f., Aus. Technopaegn. c. Litt. Mon. v. 13), = βῆτα, the Greek name of the second letter of the alphabet (pure Lat. be; v. B): hoc discunt omnes ante alpha et beta puellae, * Juv. 14, 209.
Hence, prov., the second in any thing (as alpha is the first), Mart. 5, 26.

bētācĕus, a, um, adj. [1. beta], from or of the beet: pedes betacei, beet-roots, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 27.
Subst.: bētācĕus, i, m. (sc. pes), beet-root (cf. Charis. pp. 24 and 128 P.; Prisc. p. 618 ib.), Apic. 3, 2; Plin. Ep. 1, 15, 2 (where others, less correctly, read Baeticae); Arn. 4, p. 133 (others, betis).

Betāsi, ōrum, m., a Belgian people, otherwise unknown, Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 106; Tac. H. 4, 56 and 66.

Bē̆thlĕhem, Bē̆thleëm, Bē̆th-lem, n. indecl., and Bē̆thlĕhēmum, i, n., = [??], a town of the tribe of Judah, the birthplace of David and of Christ, now Beit el Lahm; form Bethlehem, Tert. adv. Jud. 13; Vulg. Gen. 35, 19.
Form Bethleem, Juvenc. 1, 149; 1, 153; scanned Bĕthlēēm, Prud. στεφ. 10, 737.
Form Bethlem, Prud. Cath. 7, 1; 12, 78.
Form Bethlehemum, Hier. Vit. Paulae.
Hence,

  1. A. Bē̆thlaeus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Sedul. Carm. 2, 73.
  2. B. Bē̆thlĕĕmĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Juvenc. 1, 260 dub.
  3. C. Bē̆thlĕhĕmītes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Bethlehem, a Bethlehemite, Vulg. 1 Reg. 16, 1 al.
  4. D. Bē̆thlĕmĭtĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Hier. Vit. Paulae.

1. bētis, v. 1. beta.

2. Bētis, v. Baetis.

* bētīzare (or bētissare), used by Augustus for languere [on account of the softness of the beet, 1. beta; cf. Cat. 67, 21: languidior tenera beta], acc. to Suet. Aug. 87 Ruhnk.

bēto (baeto; in Plaut. bīto), ĕre, v. n. [kindr. with vado and βαίνω], to go (with its derivatives, abito, adbito, ebito, interbito, perbito, praeterbito, rebito, bitienses, only ante-class.): in pugnam baetite, Pac. ap. Non. p. 77, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 255 Rib.): si ire conor, prohibet betere, id. ib.; Varr. ib.: ad aliquem, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 52: ad portum ne bitas, id. Merc. 2, 3, 127.

Betriacum, v. Bedriacum.

Betucĭus, ii, m., a Roman proper name, e. g. T. Betucius Bassus, an orator of Asculum, Cic. Brut. 46. 169.

betŭla (also betulla), ae, f., the birch, Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 75; 16, 37, 69, § 176.

betŭlus, v. baetulus.

vettŏnĭca (beto-), ae, f., a plant, the betony, Plin. 25, 8, 46, § 84.