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Pallēnē , ēs, f., = Παλλήνη,
I.a peninsula and town of Macedonia, on the Thermaic Gulf, also called Phlegra, where the battle between the gods and the giants took place, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 36; Ov. M. 15, 356; Val. Fl. 2, 17; Sen. Herc. Fur. 979.—Hence,
A. Pallēnaeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallene, Luc. 7, 150: “triumphi,” Stat. S. 4, 2, 56.—
B. Pallēnensis , e, adj., Pallenian: “ager,” Liv. 44, 10: “isthmus,” Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 36.
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 (7):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.356
    • Lucan, Civil War, 7.150
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.36
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 10
    • Seneca, Hercules Furens, 979
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 2.17
    • Statius, Silvae, 4.2
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