Bætis (bet is)

[NL., genus of agnathous neuropterous insects, of the family Ephemerid a, or giving name to a group Bætid a, containing numerous species with 4 wings and 2 setæ. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary bætyl (be'til), n. Same as bætylus . bætylus (bē'ti-lus), n. [L., also bætulus , betu- lus , antiq ., a stone, whether meteoric or artificially shaped, which was venerated as of divine origin, or honored as a symbol of divinity. Such stones were preferably of conical form, and sometimes bore certain natural symbols, as at Emesa; but, especially when meteoric, the form was not considered material. Thus, the stone preserved on the omphalos at Delphi, reputed to be the one swallowed by Kronos (Saturn) through Rhea's stratagem in place of the infant Zeus (Jove), was of spherical shape. Among the most celebrated of these sacred stones were those of Pa phos in Cyprus, of Zeus Kasios at Seleucia, and of Zeus Teleios at Tegea in Arcadia. See abadir. Also written betylus, bætyl, and baitylos. baff1t, v. i. [