Bilbilis

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

Bilbĭlis, is, f.

I A town in an elevated position in Hispania Tarraconensis, on the river Salo , the birthplace of the poet Martial , now Calatayud Vieja : Bilbilis, Mart. 10, 103, 1: Bilbilim, id. 1, 50, 3; Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 144: Bilbilin, Mart. 4, 55, 11; 10, 104, 6; 12, 18, 9.—Hence,

B Bilbĭlĭ-tānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Bilbilis : aquae, a medicinal spring in the vicinity of Bilbilis , Itin. Anton.—

II The river Salo , near Bilbilis , now Xalon , Just. 44, 3, 13.

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