Ălexandrēa (the form of Cicero's time, Cic. Phil. 2, 19; id. Fin. 5, 19; Prop. 4, 10, 33 (Alexandria, Müll.); Hor. C. 4, 14, 35 K. and H.; also Ălexandrīa under the Empire; so, Antiochēa and Antiochīa; cf. Prisc. p. 588 P., Ochsn. Eclog. 143, and Osann ad Cic. Rep. p. 467), ae, f., = Ἀλεξάνδρεια, a name of several towns of antiquity; among which,
I The most distinguished is the city built by Alexander the Great , after the destruction of Tyre , upon the north coast of Egypt , the residence of the Ptolemies , and the emporium of Eastern trade during the Middle Ages , sometimes with the appellation Magna, now Iskenderieh or Alexandria , Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62.—
II A town in Troas , now Eski Stamboul , sometimes called Alexandria, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 4; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124; and sometimes Alexandria Troas, Liv. 35, 42; 37, 35; Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 128.—
III A town in Aria , also called Alexandria Ariōn (i. e. Arionum), now Herat , Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 61; 6, 23, 25, § 93.
IV —Hence, Ălexandrīnus , a, um, adj., pertaining to Alexandria ,
A In Egypt: vita atque licentia, a luxurious and licentious life , like that of Alexandria , at that time a centre of luxury , Caes. B. C. 3, 110; Petr. 31; Quint. 1, 2, 7 Spald.: Alexandrina navis, an Alexandrian merchantship , Suet. Aug. 98; id. Ner. 45; id. Galb. 10: Bellum Alexandrinum, the history of the expedition of Caesar into Egypt , after the battle at Pharsalus , Auct. B. Alex. 1.—
B In Troas, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 131; 23, 8, 80, § 158. —Subst.: Ălexandrīni , ōrum, m., inhabitants of Alexandria (in Egypt): ad Alexandrinos istos revertamur, Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 34; id. Pis. 21, 49.