Carmēlus, i, m., , = Κάρμηλος. Mount Carmel, a high, steep mountain in Phaenicia, on the sea-coast, now Karmel or Karmul; also the town on, and the god of, this mountain, Tac. H. 2, 78; Suet. Vesp. 5: Carmelum promontorium et oppidum, Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75.

—Also called Carmel, Vulg. Isa. 29, 17.

— A small town in Judaea, with a mountain of the same name, near the Dead Sea, Vulg. Josh. 15, 55; id. 1 Reg. 15, 12; 25, 2 al.

—Hence, Carmēlītes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Mount Carmel, a Carmelite, Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 37; and Carmēlī-tis, idis, f., a woman of Mount Carmel, Vulg. 1 Par. 3, 1.