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Ĕphĕsus , i, f., = Ἔφεσος,
I.an old and celebrated commercial city of Ionia, with a temple to Diana, now ruins near the village of Ayasaluk, Mel. 1, 17, 2; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 131 sqq.; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 2; 2, 3, 75; 102; 4, 9, 124 et saep.—Derivv.,
II. Ĕphĕsĭus , a, um, adj., Ephesian: “Diana,” Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 73; id. Mil. 2, 5, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 23 fin.: “mater,” born at Ephesus, id. Phil. 3, 6, 15: “pecunia,” deposited in the temple there, Caes. B. C. 3, 33 fin.; 3, 105, 1. —Subst.: Ephesii , ōrum, m., the Ephesians, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 75; Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58 al.
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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    • Cicero, Philippics, 3.6.15
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 2.3
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.5
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.33
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 34.58
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