mephitis

mĕphītis, is, f., a noxious, pestilential exhalation from the ground, mephitis.

• I Lit.: saevamque exhalat opaca mephitim, Verg. A. 7, 84: sulphureae, Pers. 3, 99.—
• II Personified: Mĕphītis (Mĕfi-tis), is, f., a goddess who averts pestilential exhalations, Tac. H. 3, 34; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 208; Inscr. Orell. 1795; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 84: lucus Mephitis, Varr. L. L. 5, 7, § 49 Müll.: aedes, Paul. ex Fest. 351, 3.

mephītis (mefītis), tis, Akk. tim, f., I) die schädliche pestilenzialische Ausdünstung der Erde, saeva, Verg. Aen. 7, 84: sulfureae mephites, Pers. 3, 99. – II) personif., Mephitis = die Göttin der schädlichen und pestilenzialischen Dünste der Erde, die sie abhalten sollte, Tac. hist. 3, 33. Plin. 2, 208: lucus Mephitis, Varro LL. 5, 49: aedes Mephitis, Fest. p. 351, 3.

mephitis [CL] 1 exhalation of sulphuretted water or gas. ne ferale chaos evitandamque mephitim / sentiscat rigidi retrusus in ima baratri Frith. 1208; nam vulnerum latitudo mensuram pedis equabat, intolerabilesque ~es evaporabant, ut et mater ejus mortem optaret, familiaresque presentiam declinarent W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 35 p. 190. 2 mist. a miste, memphis, nebula, nebulum CathA. 3 place that emits stench. hec ~is ‥ i. locus quilibet fetorem emittens Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 342.

1 mĕphītis (15) (-fītis), is, f. , exhalaison méphitique [sulfureuse] : [venant du sol] Virg. En. 7, 84 ; [venant du gosier] Pers. 3, 99.

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mephītis is, f

• a noxious exhalation, mephitis, malaria: saeva, V.—Person., a goddess who averts malaria: templum, Ta.