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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.