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Mĕlĭboea , ae, f., = Μελίβοια,
I.a maritime town of Thessaly, at the foot of Mount Ossa, the birthplace of Philoctetes, now Kastri, Mel. 2, 3; Plin. 4, 7, 16, § 32; Liv. 36, 13, 6; 44, 13.—Hence,
II. Derivv.
A. Mĕlĭboeus , a, um, adj., Melibœan: “purpura,” Lucr. 2, 500; Verg. A. 5, 251.—
B. Mĕlĭboeensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Melibœa, Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 251.
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 (5):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.251
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.500
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.32
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 36, 13
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