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Sarra
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : Sarra (Sara, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 58), ae, f., Heb. Zor.
* The city of Tyre, in Phoenicia, celebrated for its purple dye: Poenos Sarrā oriundos, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. G. 2, 506; cf. Serv. ad loc., and Gell. 14, 6, 4: purpuram ex Sarā tibi Attuli, Plaut. l. l.— Hence
* Sarrānus, a, um, , of or belonging to Sarra, i. e.
* Tyrian: gens,Sil. 1, 72: Leptis,built by the Tyrians,id. 3, 256: ostrum,Verg. G. 2, 506; Col. poët. 10, 287; cf. murex,Sil. 15, 205: aulaea,Juv. 10, 38: violae,purple-red,Col. 9, 4, 4.
* Transf., Carthaginian: Juno (especially honored in Carthage),Sil. 6, 468: manus,id. 9, 319: navita,id. 7, 432: numina,id. 8, 46.
* The city of Tyre, in Phoenicia, celebrated for its purple dye: Poenos Sarrā oriundos, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. G. 2, 506; cf. Serv. ad loc., and Gell. 14, 6, 4: purpuram ex Sarā tibi Attuli, Plaut. l. l.— Hence
* Sarrānus, a, um, , of or belonging to Sarra, i. e.
* Tyrian: gens,Sil. 1, 72: Leptis,built by the Tyrians,id. 3, 256: ostrum,Verg. G. 2, 506; Col. poët. 10, 287; cf. murex,Sil. 15, 205: aulaea,Juv. 10, 38: violae,purple-red,Col. 9, 4, 4.
* Transf., Carthaginian: Juno (especially honored in Carthage),Sil. 6, 468: manus,id. 9, 319: navita,id. 7, 432: numina,id. 8, 46.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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