ibis

ībis, is and ĭdis (nom. plur. ibes, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; 2, 50, 126; gen. ibium, Plin. 30, 15, 49, § 142; gen. sing. ibidis, Ov. H. 57; acc. plur. ibidas, Mel. 3, 8 fin.; acc. sing. ibim, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134: ibin, Juv. 15, 3; Ov. H. 98), f., =

• ἶβις, a bird held sacred by the Egyptians, and which lived on water-animals, the ibis: Numenius ibis, Cuv.; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; 2, 50, 126; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 97; Mel. 3, 8, 9.—
• II Transf., Ibis, the title of a satiric poem by Ovid (after Callimachus, who bestowed the name of Ibis on Apollonius of Rhodes).

ībis, Genet. ībidis, Akk. ībim u. ībin, Abl. ībide, Plur. ībēs u. ībidēs, Genet. ībium, Akk. ībēs u. ībidas, f. (ἴβις), der Ibis, ein Wasservogel, ital. curli (Falcinellus, L.), der heilige Vogel der großen Mutter Isis, von ihrem Dienste unzertrennlich, Plin. 8, 97; 10, 75. 87. 134. Plin. 30, 142 (wo Genet. ibium). Solin. 32, 32. Cic. Tusc. 5, 78; de nat. deor. 1, 82 u. 101. Mela 3, 8, 9 (3. § 82), wo Akk. ibidas. Vgl. Heinrich Iuven. 15, 3. – Titel eines Schmähgedichts des Ovid nach einem ähnlichen Gedichte des Kallimachus; vgl. W. Teuffel Gesch. der röm. Literat.⁶ § 250, 3.

ibis [CL ibis, gen. ibis or ibidis < ἶβις], ibix [LL ibix, gen. ibīcis] , ibis; b (identified w. snipe). est avis quod dicitur ybis, rostro suo purgans alvum. ‥ in aqua ingredi timet ‥ set juxta litus ‥ obambulat Best. 56 f. 34v; de ibice. ibis serpentum populatur ova gratissimamque ex his escam nidis suis defert, sic rarescunt proventus fetuum noxiorum. nec tamen aves iste tantum intra fines Egyptios prosunt (Solinus) Neckam NR I 55; magna corruptio est de ibite [? l. ibice] et ibe, sed in uno sensu sunt idem, sc. avis ciconia. ‥ vocant Egiptii ibis suas pro ibe ibes quia quedam nomina dissillaba desinentia in -is, -es faciunt accusativum pluralem sicut et nominativum in -is vel in -es ‥ quapropter nominativus singularis erit ibis. in glosa etiam tricesimi quarti Isaie invenies accusativum singularem ibin, ergo secundum rectam formationem tertie declinationis erit nominativus in -is, et in antiquis glosatis est ibis in nominativo, sed hec eadem avis vocatur ibix, ibicis in glosa Exodi secundo, media producta genitivi. cum tamen ibex, ibicis, media correpta, dicitur genus quoddam esse cervorum Bacon Gram. Gk. 74.  b hic ibis, -dis, a snype; hic ibex, -cis, a snype WW; hec ibis, A. a snyte Ib.; a snype, ibis, -bis vel -dis CathA.

1 ībis, (16) idis ou is, f. (ἴβις), ibis [oiseau] : Cic. Nat. 1, 101 || pl. ibes ou ibides.

ibis , is vel idis. f.
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ībis idis (acc.ībim, C., ībin, O., Iu.; plur.ībes, C., acc.ībīs, C.), f

• , ἶβις, the ibis (a water-bird of Egypt).

Ibis

(1) A bird worshipped by the Egyptians, and called by them Hab or Hib. It was supposed from the colour of its feathers to symbolize the light and shade of the moon; and to be the avatar of the god Thoth (Hermes). It appeared at the time of the rise and departed at the inundation of the Nile, and was supposed to deliver Egypt from the serpents which came from Arabia. Its purity was celebrated, and its flesh was regarded as incorruptible. Ibises were kept in temples, and after death were mummied after the fashion of human mummies, wrapped in linen bandages. See Herodotus, ii. 65, 67, 75, 76; Wilkinson, Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians (1847); and Renouf, Hibbert Lectures (1880).

(2) A poem by Ovid, written in exile, and denouncing some unnamed person at Rome who had sought to injure the poet's interests. It is in elegiac verse, and is an imitation of a similar poem of Callimachus. There is a separate edition by Robinson Ellis (Oxford, 1881). See Ovidius.