Baucis

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βαυκίς (Baukís). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbau̯.kɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbaːu̯.t͡ʃis] === Proper noun === Baucis f sg (genitive Baucidis); third declension (Greek mythology) The wife of Philemon, who gave hospitality to Zeus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Baucis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Baucis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.