Bostra

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

Bostra, ae, f., = Βόστρα,

I the capital of the Roman province of Arabia from the time of Trajan , now Bozra , Amm. 14, 8, 13. —Called Bosra , Vulg. Isa. 34, 6; id. Jer. 48, 24 al.

II —Hence, Bostrēnus , a, um, adj., of Bozra. —Only subst.: Bostrēnus , i, m., an inhabitant of Bozra : praetextatus, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 3; plur., Inscr. Orell. 3440.

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