Cappadocia

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

Cappădŏcĭa, ae, f., = Καππαδοκία,

I a country of Asia Minor , north of Cilicia , between the Taurus and Pontus , now called Caramania , Plin. 6, 3, 3, § 8 sq.; Cic. Agr. 2, 21, 55; id. Att. 5, 18, 1; id. Fam. 15, 2, 1 sq.; Curt. 3, 1, 24; Nep. Eum. 2, 2.—

II Derivv.

A Cappădox , ŏcis, m., = Καππάδοξ, a Cappadocian , Cic. Red. in Sen. 6, 14.—In plur., Mel. 1, 2, 5; 3, 8, 5; Plin. 6, 3, 3, § 9; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 39; Gr. acc. Cappadŏcas, Pers. 6, 77; appos. equi, Veg. 4, 6, 3. —

B Cappădŏcus , a, um, adj., of Cappadocia , Cappadocian : gens, Col. 10, 184; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 6: catastae, Mart. 10, 76; cf. Pers. 6, 77: sal, Col. 6, 17, 7; cf. Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 73 sq.: lactuca, Col. 10, 191; cf. id. 10, 184; also absol. Cappadoca, Mart. 5, 78. —

C Cappădŏcĭus , a, um, adj., Cappadocian : lactuca, Col. 11, 3, 26; cf. the preced.: zizipha, Plin. 21, 9, 27, § 51.—

D CAPPADOCICVSEXERCITVS, upon a coin of Adrian, in Eckh. Doct. Num. 6, p. 493.—

E Cappădŏcarchĭa , ae, f., = Καππαδοκαρχία, the priest’s office in Cappadocia , Dig. 27, 1, 6.

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