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Commāgēnē (in MSS. erroneously Comāgēnē ), ēs, f., = Κομμαγηνή.
I. The northern province of Syria (whose chief town was Samosata, now Samosat), Mel. 1, 11, 1; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; 5, 24, 20, § 85; 10, 22, 28, § 55; 29, 3, 13, § 55; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 1 al.—Hence,
2. Commāgēnus , a, um, adj., of Commagene: “legati,” Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 2: “haruspex,” Juv. 6, 550: “galla,” Plin. 16, 7, 9, § 27: “regio,” Tac. A. 15, 12.—Hence, subst.: com-māgēnum , i, n. (sc. medicamentum), a remedy made there, Plin. 29, 3, 13, § 55; 10, 22, 28, § 55; cf. plur. (sc. unguenta), Dig. 34, 2, 21.—And subst.: Commāgēni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Commagene, Mel. 1, 2, 5; Plin. 29, 3, 13, § 55; Tac. A. 2, 42 al.—
II. (Supply herba.) An unknown plant, perh. Nardus Syriaca, Plin. 29, 3, 13, § 55.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 15.1.2
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 8.10.1
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.12
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.42
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.55
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.27
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