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Nīcaea (Nīcēa , Plin. Ep. 10, 48), ae, f., = Νίκαια.
I. The name of several cities.
A. A city in Bithynia, on Lake Ascanius, formerly called Antigonia, the mod. Isnik or Nice, Cic. Planc. 34, 84; id. Att. 14, 1, 2; Cat. 46, 5; Plin. Ep. 10, 49, 1; Plin. 5, 22, 43, § 148.—
B. A city in Locris, near Thermopylæ, Liv. 28, 5, 18; 32, 32; 35.—
C. An Indian city on the Hydaspes, founded by Alexander the Great, Curt. 9, 3, 23; Just. 12, 8, 8.—
D. A city in Liguria, a colony of Marseilles, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 47.—
II. Derivv.
A. Nīcaeensis (Nīcensis , Plin. Ep. 10, 48), e, adj., Nicene, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 12.— As subst. plur., the inhabitants of Nicæa, in Bithynia, Cic. Fam. 13, 61 fin.—
B. Nī-caenus , a, um, adj., Nicene: Nicaena fides, the confession of faith established at the Council of Nice, Cod. Th. 1, 1, 2.
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 (9):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.61
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 14.1.2
    • Cicero, For Plancius, 34.84
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.12
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.47
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 5.18
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 32, 32
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 9.3.23
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