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Messāna | Messānĭus, a, um (noun F) : Μεσσήνη.
* A Sicilian city, situated on the strait between Italy and Sicily, the mod. Messina, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8, § 17; Caes. B. C. 2, 3; Mel. 2, 7, 16: incumbens Messana freto,Sil. 14, 194.
* Another name for Messene, in the Peloponnesus, Stat. Ach. 1, 422.—Hence, , , adj., Messanic: moenia,Ov. M. 14, 17 Merkel.
* A Sicilian city, situated on the strait between Italy and Sicily, the mod. Messina, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8, § 17; Caes. B. C. 2, 3; Mel. 2, 7, 16: incumbens Messana freto,Sil. 14, 194.
* Another name for Messene, in the Peloponnesus, Stat. Ach. 1, 422.—Hence, , , adj., Messanic: moenia,Ov. M. 14, 17 Merkel.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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