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LNS

Palaestīna, Palaestīnae

(Palestīna, Palestīnae)

Palaestina, Palestina, Palaestine

Παλαιστίνη

noun (f., 1^st declension)

the country of Palestine, in Syria

Abbreviations

Palaestīna (Palest-), ae, and Pa-laestīnē, ēs, f., = Παλαιστίνη, the country of Palestine, in Syria, Mel. 1, 11, 2; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66 sq.

—Hence, Pa-laestīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Palestine: aqua, the Euphrates, Ov. F. 2, 464: Syrus, Tib. 1, 8, 17 (7, 18): Palaestini simul Hebraeique liquores, Stat. S. 5, 1, 213.

—In plur.: Palaestīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Palestine, Ov. M. 4, 46; Hier. in Isa. 14, 29; the Philistines, Vulg. Gen. 21, 33.

— Palaestīnensis, e, adj., Palestinian, Spart. Sev. 9.