I.a city in Palestine, the home of the parents of Jesus, Vulg. Marc. 1, 9; id. Matt. 2, 23; 4, 13: “a Nazareth potest aliquid boni esse?” id. Johan. 1, 46.—Form Nazara, Juvenc. 2, 197.—Hence, Nazărēnus, Nază-rēus , and Nazărus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nazareth, Nazarene: “Jesus Nazarenus,” Vulg. Johan. 19, 19; also, Nazarene, i. e. Christian: disciplina Nazarena, Prud. στεφ. 10, 45: Nazarei viri, Christians, id. ap. Symm. 1, 550: “Nazara plebes,” Juvenc. 3, 29.—Subst.
1. Nazărēnus , i, m., the Nazarene, i. e. Christ, Prud. Cath. 7, 1. —
2. Nazăraeus , i, m., a Nazarene, Vulg. Matt. 2, 23.