Ā̆răbĭa (on account of the long A in Prop. 3, 10, 16, erroneously written by many Arrabia; cf. Jahn ad Hor. C. 3, 4, 9), ae, f., = Ἀραβία.
I In an extended sense, the country Arabia , divided by the ancients into Petraea (from its principal city, Petra), Deserta , and Felix , Plin. 5, 11, 12, § 65; Mel. 1, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 10, 15; ib. Gal. 4, 25 al.—
II In a more restricted sense, a town in Arabia Felix , Mel. 3, 8, 7.
III —Hence, Ā̆răbĭcus , a, um, adj., Arabic , Arabian : odor (i. e. tus), Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2: sinus, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168; Mel. 3, 8, 1: resina, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 122: adamas, id. 37, 4, 15, § 56: alites, id. 37, 10, 54, § 146: balanus, id. 12, 21, 46, § 102: lapicidinae, i. e. of alabaster, id. 36, 12, 17, § 78: spina, the acacia , id. 24, 12, 65, § 107: vectis, Curt. 7, 2. 17. — Absol. : Ā̆răbĭca , ae, f. (sc. gemma), a precious stone , similar to ivory , perh. a kind of chalcedony or onyx, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 145; Isid. Orig. 16, 14.— Ā̆răbĭcē , adv.: facite olant aedes Arabice, make the apartments redolent with the perfumes of Araby ( frankincense , which was brought from Arabia), Plaut. ap. Diom. p. 378 P. (Arabice olet, id est ex odoribus Arabicis, Fest. p. 23): Arabice sacri vocantur, in Arabic , Sol. c. 33.