- Palaestine
- Pălaestīnă ( Pălest- ), ae, and Pă-laestīnē, ēs, f., = Palaistinê, the country of Palestine, in Syria, Mel. 1, 11, 2; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66 sq.—Hence,A.Pă-laestīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Palestine:B.
aqua,
the Euphrates, Ov. F. 2, 464:Syrus,
Tib. 1, 8, 17 (7, 18):Palaestini simul Hebraeique liquores,
Stat. S. 5, 1, 213. —In plur.: Pălaestīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Palestine, Ov. M. 4, 46; Hier. in Isa. 14, 29; the Philistines, Vulg. Gen. 21, 33.—Pălaestīnensis, e, adj., Palestinian, Spart. Sev. 9.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.