LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Potnĭae

Meaning

  1. a village in Bœotia

Potnĭae, ārum, f., = Ποτνιαί,
I. a village in Bœotia, on the Asopus, in whose neighborhood were pastures which made animals mad, Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94.—Hence,
II. Pot-nĭas, ădis, adj. f., = Ποτνιάς, of Potniœ, Potnian (poet.): quo tempore Glauci Potniades malis membra absumpsere quadrigae (i. e. equae), Verg. G. 3, 268: equae, Ov. lb. 557.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyPotniaePotniae (Πότνιαι Eth. Ποτνιεύς, fem. Ποτνιάς), a village of Boeotia, on the road from Thebes to Plataea, distant 10 stadia from the former city. It wa…

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What does Potnĭae mean in Latin?
Potnĭae, a proper noun, means “a village in Bœotia”.