Nabathaea

Nabathaea
Năbătaea ( Năbăthaea ), ae, f., = Nabataia, a country in Arabia Petræa, Plin. 21, 18, 72, § 120.—Hence,
A.
Năbă-thaeus (scanned Năbătaeus, Năbāthaeus, Sid. Carm. 5, 284), a, um, adj., = Nabathaios, of or belonging to Nabathæa, Nabathœan:

saltus,

 Juv. 11, 126.— Plur.: Năbătaei or Năbăthaei, ōrum, m., = Nabataioi or Nabathaioi, the Nabathæans, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; 12, 20, 44, § 98; Auct. B. Alex. 1, 1; Tac. A. 2, 57; Amm. 14, 8, 12.—
2.
Poet., transf., for Arabian, Eastern, Oriental:

Eurus ad Auroram Nabathaeaque regna recessit,

 Ov. M. 1, 61:

Nabathaei flatus Euri,

 Luc. 4, 63.—
B.
Năbăthes, ae, m., a Nabathæan, Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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