in Ancient Geography, that branch of the Nile which empties itself at the mouth called Oftium Pathmeicum, or Phatniticum, (Ptolemy); also a part, according to an ancient map at the Oftium Mindeium; this river, or branch, dividing itself at Diospolis into two branches; called Bafriticus, from the city of Bafiris, which stood on its left, or west branch. It is the second branch of the Nile, reckoning from the east.

Buriaticus Nomos, in Ancient Geography, a prefecture, or division of the Lower Egypt; so called from the city Bafiris, (Herodotus, Pliny, Ptolemy.)