Beniamin

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

Benjămin, m., indecl.

I The young est son of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob , Aug. Civ. Dei, 17, 21; Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 12, 1 sqq.; Vulg. Gen. 35, 18 al.—

II The Jewish tribe of Benjamin , Sulp. Sev Chron. 1, 29, 5.

III —Hence, Benjămītae , ārum, m., the Jews of the tribe of Benjamin , Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 29, 5.