bothynus
bŏthȳnus, i, m., = βόθυνος,
- a fiery meteor in the form of a pit: sunt bothynoe (acc. to the Gr. form = bothyni, like adelphoe, arctoe, etc.) cum velut coronā cingente introrsus ingens caeli recessus est similis effossae in orbem speluncae. Sen. Q. N. 1, 14, 1 (Haas. as Greek); Ap. de Mund. pp. 58 and 64.
bothynus, ī, m. (βόθυνος), ein feuriges Meteor in Gestalt einer Traube, Apul. de mund. 3 u. 16 (b. Sen. nat. qu. 1, 14, 1 ed. Haase griech.).
bŏthynus, ī, m. (βόθυνος), sorte de comète : Apul. Mund. 3 ; cf. Sen. Nat. 1, 14, 1.
bŏthȳnus, i, m.: meteora ignea Apul.