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Camīrus, Camīrī

(Camīros, -)

Camirus, Camiros

Καμειρος

noun (m., 3^rd Greek declension)

Son of the fourth Hercules, brother of Jalysus and Lindus, and founder of the town named after him in Rhodes
A town on the west side of the island of Rhodes

Abbreviations

Camīrus or -os, i, m., = Καμειρος. Son of the fourth Hercules, brother of Jalysus and Lindus, and founder of the town named after him in Rhodes, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 132.

— A town on the west side of the island of Rhodes, Mel. 2, 7, 4; cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.

—Hence, Camīrenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Camirus, Macr. S. 1, 17, 35; 1, 17, 45.