Lapitha

Lapitha , ae, c.: one of the Lapithae; pl., Lapithae, ārum (um, 7.305); the Lapithae, a race of Thessalians, who fought with the Centaurs at the marriage of Pirithous, king of the Lapithae, 6.601, et al.

Lăpĭtha, ae, com., and Lăpĭthes, ae, m.,

• a Lapitha; plur.: Lăpĭthae, ārum, m., = Λαπίθαι, the Lapithae, a rude tribe of mountaineers in Thessaly, about Olympus, who fought with the Centaurs at the wedding of Pirithŏüs, king of the Lapithae, Ov. M. 12, 261; 536; Hor. C. 1, 18, 8; 2, 12, 5; Cic. Pis. 10, 22.—Gen. plur.: Lapithūm, Verg. A. 7, 304.—Sing. gen.: Lapithae, Ov. M. 12, 250.—In fem. adjectively: Lapithae genus heroinae, Prop. 2, 2, 9 (Müll. heroine); cf.: Lapithes eques, Val. Fl. 5, 516.—
• II Hence,
• • A Lăpĭthaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Lapithae, Lapithean: gens, Ov. M. 12, 530.—
  • B Lăpĭthēĭus, a, um, adj., of the Lapithae: tecta, Ov. M. 12, 417: proelia, id. ib. 14, 670.—
  • C Lăpĭ-thōnĭus, a, um, adj., of the Lapithae: nympha, Stat. Th. 7, 297.

Lăpĭtha, (16) æ, f. , héroïne, fille dʼApollon, donna son nom aux Lapithes : Prop. 2, 2, 9.