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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.

Bithiae, ārum, f., the name of certain women in Scythia, said to have two pupils in each eye, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 17.

Bīthȳnĭa, ae, f., = Βιθυνία,

  1. I. a very fruitful province in Asia Minor, between the Propontis and the Black Sea, where the Romans carried on a considerable trade (its inhabitants were, acc. to Herod. 7, 75, Thracians, who had wandered there), now Ejalet Anadoli, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27; id. Agr. 2, 18, 40; id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 5; id. Fam. 13, 9, 1; 12, 13, 3; Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148; Tac. A. 1, 74; 16, 18; Flor. 3, 5, 6 and 12; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 247; Vulg. Act. 16, 7.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Bīthȳnĭcus, a, um, adj., Bithynian, of Bithynia: societas, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2: civitates, Plin. Ep. 10, 115: Nicomedes, Flor. 3, 5, 3: Volusius, Juv. 15, 1.
      Also an agnomen of Q. Pompeius, as conqueror of Bithynia, Fest. s. v. rutrum, p. 223; Cic. Brut. 68, 240.
      And of the son of the same, Cic. Fam. 6, 16; 6, 17; 16, 23, 1.
    2. B. Bīthȳnĭus, a, um, adj., Bithynian: Diophanes, Col. 1, 1, 10.
      And in plur.: Bīthȳnĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Bithynia, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 69.
    3. C. Bīthȳ-nus (once Bithȳnus, Juv. 7, 15 Jahn), a, um, adj., Bithynian: carina, Hor. C. 1, 35, 7: mare, Tac. A. 2, 60: tyrannus, Juv. 10, 162: equites, id. 7, 15: caseus, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 241: negotia, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 33.
      And in plur.: Bīthȳni, ōrum, m., = Βιθυνοί, the inhabitants of Bithynia, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 19, 1; 2, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145; 5, 32, 43, § 150; Tac. A. 12, 22; 14, 46; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 201; 2, 239 and 467.
    4. D. Bīthȳ-nis, ĭdis, f., = Βιθυνίς.
      1. 1. A Bithynian woman, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 25.
      2. 2. A town on the island Thynias, in the Pontus Euxinus, Mel. 2, 7, 2.
      3. 3. An otherwise unknown town in Thrace, Mel. 2, 2, 6.
    5. E. Bīthȳ-nĭon, ii, n., = Βιθύνιον, a town in Bithynia, afterwards called Claudiopolis, Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149.

Bĭtĭas, ae, m.

    1. A. A Tyrian nobleman at Dido’s court, Verg. A. 1, 738.
    2. B. Son of Alcanor, and a companion of Æneas, Verg. A. 9, 672; 11, 396.

‡ bītĭenses, ĭum, m. [beto], those who are continually wandering about, Paul. ex Fest. p. 35 Müll.

1. bīto, v. beto.

2. Bĭto or Bĭton, ōnis, m., = Βίτων, a son of the Argive priestess Cydippe, and brother of Cleobis, distinguished for his filial affection, Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113; Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 4 (cf. Herod. 1, 31).

Bittis, ĭdis, f., = Βιττίς, a woman beloved by the poet Philetas of Cos, Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 2; id. P. 3, 1, 58 Merkel (al. Battis).

Bituītus, i, m., a king of the Arverni, Liv. Epit. 61; Flor. 3, 2, 5; Eutr. 4, 22; Val. Max. 9, 6, 3.

†† bĭtūmen, ĭnis, n. [cf. Sanscr. gatu, gum], bitumen, a kind of mineral pitch found in Palestine and Babylon, Gr. ἄτφαλτος, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 178 sq.; Tac. H. 5, 6; 5, 17; Just. 1, 2, 7; Vitr. 2, 6; Lucr. 6, 808; Verg. G. 3, 451; Ov. M. 9, 660; 14, 792; Vitr. 8, 3, 1 sqq.: Judaicum, Veg. 1, 20, 1; 3, 56, 2; 5, 83, 3; 6, 14, 1: Apollonium, id. 6, 14, 1; Vulg. Gen. 6, 14.
For magical or religious use, Verg. E. 8, 82; Hor. Epod. 5, 82; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 325.

* bĭtūmĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [bitumen], consisting of bitumen, bituminous: vires, a poet. circumlocution for bitumen, Ov. M. 15, 350.

bĭtūmĭno, āre, 1, v. a. [bitumen], to cover or impregnate with bitumen (late Lat.), Ambros. Hexaëm. 6, 9, 72; cf.: bitumino, ἀσφαλτόω, Gloss. Lab.
Hence, P. a.: bĭtū-mĭnătus, a, um, impregnated with bitumen, bituminous: aqua, Plin. 31, 6, 32, § 59.

bĭtūmĭnōsus, a, um, adj. [bitumen], abounding in bitumen, bituminous (perh. only in the two foll. exs.): terra, Vitr. 8, 3, 9: fontes, id. 8, 3, 4.

Bĭtŭrĭges, um (in sing. Biturix, Luc. 1, 423), m., = Βιτούρῐγες,

  1. I. the Bituriges, a people in Gallia Aquitania, divided into two tribes.
    1. A. Bituriges Cubi, Βιτ. Κοῦβοι, Strab., the present Berry, Départ. du Cher. et de l’Indre, whose capital was Avaricum, now Bourges, Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109; and without Cubi, Caes. B. G. 7, 5; 7, 15; Hirt. B. G. 8, 3.
    2. B. Bituriges Vivisci, Βιτ. Οὐϊσκοί, Ptol., whose chief city was Burdigala, now Bordeaux, Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 108.
      Sing. Biturix, one of the Bituriges, Luc. 1, 423; Inscr. Orell. 190.
  2. II. Deriv.: Bĭ-tŭrĭcus, a, um, adj., of the Bituriges: vitis (very much valued), Col. 3, 2, 19; 3, 7, 1; 3, 9, 1; 3, 21, 3 and 10. Also in the form Bĭtŭrĭgĭăcus, a, um, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 27.