Arabs

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ā̆rabs, ăbis, adj. (acc. Gr. Arabas, Ov. M. 10, 478), = Ἄραψ,

proceeding from Arabia , Arabian : pastor Arabs, Prop. 4, 12, 8: messor Arabs, Mart. 3, 65, 5.—Hence, subst., an Arab , Arabian : Eoi Arabes, Tib. 3, 2, 24: Eoae domus Arabum, Verg. G. 2, 115; Vulg. 2 Par. 17, 11; ib. Act. 2, 11.—Meton., for Arabia : palmiferos Arabas, Ov. M. 10, 478.

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