Ăpămēa or -īa, ae, f., = Ἀπάμεια.
I One of the most distinguished towns in Coele-Syria , on the Orontes , in the Middle Ages, Afamiah or Famit , now Famieh , Liv. 38, 13 (where there is an allusion to the origin of the name), Cassiod. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12; Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81; cf. Mann. Syr. 360.—
II A town in Bithynia , earlier called Myrlea, now Moudania , Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 143; cf. Mann. Asia Min. 3, 560.—
III A town in Phrygia the Great , now Dineir , Cic. Att. 5, 16; id. Fam. 2, 17; Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 106; cf. Mann. Asia Min. 3, 120 and 122.—Hence,
IV Derivv.
A Ăpămēensis or Ăpă-mensis , e, adj., pertaining to Apamea (in Phrygia Major): forum Apamense, Cic. Att. 5, 21: civitas, id. Fam. 5, 20, 2.—
B Ăpă-mēnus , a, um, adj., the same: regio, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 113: vinum, id. 14, 7, 9, § 75.—
C Ăpămēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Apamea (in Bithynia); hence, Ăpămēi , ōrum, m., its inhabitants , Trajan. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 57.