Caesarea

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

Caesărēa (-ī̆a), ae, f., = Καισάρεια.

I A very important town in Palestine , previously called Stratonis turris, now Kaisariyeh , Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 69; Tac. H. 2, 78; Eutr. 7, 10; Amm. 14, 8, 11.—Hence,

B Deriv.: Caesărĭensis , e, adj., of Caesarea : Colonia, Dig. 50, 15, 1.

IIICaesărĭenses , ium, m., its inhabitants , Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 120; Dig. 50, 15, 8.—

II A town in Mauritania , earlier called Iol, now Shershell (or, acc. to others, Tniz or Tenez ), Mel. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20, Eutr. 7, 10.— Hence,

B Caesărĭensis , e, adj., of Caesarea : Mauretania, Tac. H. 2, 58 sq.—

III The capital of Cappadocia , now Kaisariyeh , Plin. 6, 3, 3, § 8; Eutr. 7, 6; Auct. B. Alex. 66, 4.—

IV A town in Phoenicia , in which Alexander Severus was born , formerly Arca, Aur. Vict. Caes. 24, 1; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 1, 2.

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