Bē̆thlĕhem, Bē̆thleëm, Bē̆th-lem, n. indecl., and Bē̆thlĕhēmum, i, n., =,
I a town of the tribe of Judah , the birthplace of David and of Christ , now Beit el Lahm; form Bethlehem, Tert. adv. Jud. 13; Vulg. Gen. 35, 19.—Form Bethleem, Juvenc. 1, 149; 1, 153; scanned Bĕthlēēm, Prud. στεφ. 10, 737.—Form Bethlem, Prud. Cath. 7, 1; 12, 78.—Form Bethlehemum, Hier. Vit. Paulae.—Hence,
A Bē̆thlaeus , a, um, adj., of Bethlehem , Sedul. Carm. 2, 73.—
B Bē̆thlĕĕmĭcus , a, um, adj., of Bethlehem , Juvenc. 1, 260 dub.—
C Bē̆thlĕhĕmītes , ae, m., an inhabitant of Bethlehem , a Bethlehemite , Vulg. 1 Reg. 16, 1 al.—
D Bē̆thlĕmĭtĭcus , a, um, adj., of Bethlehem , Hier. Vit. Paulae.