I.a city of Syria, whose ruins still remain, the seat of the empire of Odenathus and Zenobia, Plin. 5, 25, 21, § 86; 6, 28, 32, § 144.—Hence, Palmȳrēnus (Palmīr- ), a, um, adj., of Palmyra: “solitudines,” Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 87.—Subst.: Palmȳ-rēna , ae, f., the country around Palmyra, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 143; and Palmȳrēnus , i, m., an epithet of the emperor L. Domitius Aurelius, on account of his victory over Palmyra, Inscr. Grut. 276, 5.
Palmȳra (Palmīra ), ae, f., = Παλμύρα, Παλμιρα,
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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