Thymbraeus

Thymbraeus
1.
thymbra, ae, f., = thumbra, a plant, savory: Satureia hortensis, Linn.; Plin. 19, 8, 50, § 165; Col. 9, 4, 6; 9, 10, 233; Verg. G. 4, 31; Stat. S. 1, 2, 21; Petr. 135.
2.
Thymbra, ae, or Thymbrē, ēs, f., = Thumbrê, a city in Troas, with a temple of Apollo, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 126 (dub.; al. Cambre); Stat. S. 4, 7, 22.—Hence,
A.
Thym-braeus, i, m., the Thymbræan, an epithet of Apollo, Verg. A. 3, 85; cf. Macr. S. 1, 17, and Fest. p. 356 Müll.—
B.
thymbrae-um, i, n., another name for the sisymbrium silvestre, Plin. 20, 22, 91, § 247.

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