Nabathaeus

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.