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Mĕrŏē | Mĕ-rŏētĭcus, a, um (noun F) : Μερόη
* A large and celebrated island of the Nile, in Ethiopia, now the province of Atbar, Mela, 1, 9, 2; Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 184; Ov. F. 4, 570; Luc. 10, 303; Juv. 6, 528.—Transf., in a lusus verbb. with merum, of a tippling woman (cf. merobibus), Aus. Epigr. 20.—Hence, , , adj., of or belonging to Meroë, Meroëtic: ebenus Meroëtica,Luc. 10, 117 Cort. (al. Mareotica).
* A large and celebrated island of the Nile, in Ethiopia, now the province of Atbar, Mela, 1, 9, 2; Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 184; Ov. F. 4, 570; Luc. 10, 303; Juv. 6, 528.—Transf., in a lusus verbb. with merum, of a tippling woman (cf. merobibus), Aus. Epigr. 20.—Hence, , , adj., of or belonging to Meroë, Meroëtic: ebenus Meroëtica,Luc. 10, 117 Cort. (al. Mareotica).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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