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                    "source": "https:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059",
                    "description": "Nŭmĭda | Nŭmĭ-dae, ārum | Nŭmĭdĭa, ae | Nŭmĭdĭānus, a, um | Nŭmĭ-dĭcus, a, um (noun M.f) : Νομάς\n* A nomad: Arabia Numidarum,Vitr. 8, 3, 8 ( = Arabia Nomadum, Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72): Numidas dicimus quos Graeci Νομάδας, sive quod id genus hominum pecoribus negotietur, sive quod herbis, ut pecora aluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.\n* In partic., a Numidian; usually in the plur., , , the Numidians, a people of Northern Africa, between Mauritania and the territory of Carthage, in the modern  Algiers, Sall. J. 46, 3; 66, 2; 89, 7; Liv. 29, 31; 34; Verg. A. 4, 41; Hor. C. 3, 11, 47.— Enslaved and used in Rome as mounted attendants and messengers,Sen. Ep. 87, 8; 123, 6; Tac. H. 2, 40; Inscr. Orell. 2877: Numidarum columnae,i. e. of Numidian marble,Juv. 7, 182.—In gen. plur.: Numidūm gentes,Mart. 12, 26, 6.—In sing.: Numida,Sall. J. 12, 4.\n* As adj., of or belonging to the Numidians, Numidian: Numidae jaculatores,Liv. 28, 11; Numidae leones,Ov. A. A. 2, 183; Numida dens,i. e. ivory,id. P. 4, 9, 28: ursos figebat Numidas,Juv. 4, 100.\n* A Roman surname: Plotius Numida,Hor. C. 1, 36.\n* Hence\n* The country of Numidia, Mel. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 3, 2, § 22; Sall. J. 8, 1; 13, 2; 16, 5; Col. 3, 12, 6 et saep.— Whence, , , adj, Numidian, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55.\n* Adj., Numidian: equi Numidici,Liv. 30, 6: scuta,Sall. J. 94, 1: cedri,Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 216: gallina,Col. 8, 2, 2; called also Numidicae aves,Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132: marmor, called also Libycum, Poenum,id. 5, 3, 2, § 22; 36, 6, 8, § 49; Sen. Ep. 86, 6: Numidicus, a surname of Q. Caecilius Metellus, bestowed on him for his victory over Jugurtha, Vell. 2, 11, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 62, 1."
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                    "description": "Male Personal name\nConfirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:\n<ul>\n<li>Plotius Numida (Masc), ref: PIR P 0510 | <a href='https:\/\/pir.bbaw.de\/id\/10544'>PIR ID10544<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pomponius Numida (Masc), ref: PIR P 0742 | <a href='https:\/\/pir.bbaw.de\/id\/10837'>PIR ID10837<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>"
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