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Năbătaea (Năbăthaea ), ae, f., = Ναβαταια,
I.a country in Arabia Petræa, Plin. 21, 18, 72, § 120.—Hence,
A. Năbă-thaeus (scanned Năbătaeus, Năbāthaeus, Sid. Carm. 5, 284), a, um, adj., = Ναβαθαῖος, of or belonging to Nabathæa, Nabathœan: “saltus,” Juv. 11, 126.—Plur.: Năbătaei or Năbăthaei , ōrum, m., = Ναβαταῖοι or Ναβαθαῖοι, the Nabathæans, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; 12, 20, 44, § 98; Auct. B. Alex. 1, 1; Tac. A. 2, 57; Amm. 14, 8, 12.—
2. Poet., transf., for Arabian, Eastern, Oriental: “Eurus ad Auroram Nabathaeaque regna recessit,” Ov. M. 1, 61: “Nabathaei flatus Euri,” Luc. 4, 63.—
B. Năbăthes , ae, m., a Nabathæan, Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.
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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