Năsămōnes, um, m., = Νασαμῶνες,
I a Libyan people to the south-west of Cyrenaica, extending to the Great Syrtis , Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 33; 7, 2, 2, § 14; 13, 17, 23, § 104: tota commercia mundo Naufragiis Nasamones habent (because they plundered shipwrecked persons), Luc. 9, 443.—In sing., a Nasamonian : quas (herbas) Nasamon, gens dura, legit, Luc. 9, 439; acc. Nasamona, Sil. 6, 44.—Hence,
A Năsămōnĭăcus , a, um, adj., Nasamonian , Sil. 16, 630; cf. Ov. M. 5, 129.—
2 Transf., in gen., African : rex, i. e. Hannibal , Stat. S. 4, 6, 75.—
B Năsămōnĭăs , ădis, f., = Νασαμωνιάς, the Nasamonian : Nasamonias Harpe, Sil. 2, 117.—
C Năsămōnītis , ĭdis, f., = Νασαμωνῖτις, a precious stone , otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 10, 64, § 175.—
D Nă-sămōnĭus , a, um, adj., Nasamonian; poet. for African : natus Nasamonii Tonantis, i. e. Alexander , because he passed for the son of Jupiter Ammon, Stat. S. 2, 7, 93: Jugurtha, Sid. Carm. 9, 257.