Būtŏs

I. the chief city of the nomos Ptenethu in Egypt, upon the Sebennytic mouth of the Nile; containing a famous temple and oracle of Latona (Buto), Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 64.—Hence, Būtĭcus, a, um, adj., of Butos: linum, Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 14.