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Oritae, ārum, m., a nation of Ichthyophagi, on the borders of India, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 30, id. 6, 23, 25, § 95.

ŏrītes, ae, m., or ŏrītis, ĭdis, f., v. oritis.

Ōrīthȳīa (quadrisyl.), ae, f., = Ὠρείθυια, a female proper name.

  1. I. A daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens; who became by Boreas the mother of Calaïs and Zetes, Ov. M. 6, 683; Verg. G. 4, 463; id. A. 12, 83; Sil. 8, 5, 16; Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3.
  2. II. A queen of the Amazons, Just. 2, 4, 17.

† ŏrītis, ĭdis, f., = ὀρῖτις, a precious stone (by some called sideritis), otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 10, 65, § 176.