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Baptae

gen. Baptārum · gender masculine
= Βάπται [perh. so called from dyeing their hair
v. Meineke, Com. Fragm. I. p. 119], priests of the Thracian, afterwards… •
v. Meineke, Com. Fragm. I. p. 119], priests of the Thracian, afterwards Athenian, goddess Cotytto, whose festival was celebrated in a very lewd manner, Juv. 2, 92 Schol.; cf. Cotytto.
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