Ityraea

Ĭtūraea ( Ityr- ), ae, f.

I.

A district of Cœlesyria, the inhabitants of which were celebrated as archers, now El-Jeidoor, Vulg. Luc. 3, 1.—

II.

Deriv. Ĭtūraeus ( Ityr- ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ituræa, Ituræan:

arcus,

Verg. G. 2, 448:

sagittae,

Luc. 5, 230; Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81.— Subst.: Ĭtū-raei, ōrum, m., the Ituræans, Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 112; 2, 8, 19.