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Bethlehem

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(adj.adj.adj.) : Bēthlĕhem, Bēthleëm, Bēth-lem, n.indecl., and Bēthlĕhēmum, i, n.
* A town of the tribe of Judah, the birthplace of David and of Christ, now Beit el Lahm; form Bethlehem, Tert. adv. Jud. 13; Vulg. Gen. 35, 19.—Form Bethleem, Juvenc. 1, 149; 1, 153; scanned Bĕthlēēm, Prud. στεφ. 10, 737.—Form Bethlem, Prud. Cath. 7, 1; 12, 78.—Form Bethlehemum, Hier. Vit. Paulae.—Hence
* Bēthlaeus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Sedul. Carm. 2, 73.
* Bēthlĕĕmĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Juvenc. 1, 260 dub.
* Bēthlĕhĕmītes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Bethlehem, a Bethlehemite, Vulg. 1 Reg. 16, 1 al.
* Bēthlĕmĭtĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Hier. Vit. Paulae.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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