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Zăma , ae, f., = Ζάμα.
I. A small town in Numidia (now Zamra), celebrated for the victory gained there by Scipio over Hannibal, Liv. 30, 29; Sil. 3, 261 al.
II. Another town in Numidia, also, with the addition regia, the residence of Juba, now Jama, Sall. J. 57 sq.; Auct. B. Afr. 91; Inscr. Grut. 364, 1.—Hence, Zămensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Zama: “oppidum,” i. e. Zama, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30 (al. Ziamensis). —As subst.: Zămenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Zama, Auct. B. Afr. 92.
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