Carmēlus, i, m.,, = Κάρμηλος.
I Mount Carmel , a high , steep mountain in Phoenicia , on the sea-coast , now Karmel or Karmul; also the town on , and the god of , this mountain , Tac. H. 2, 78; Suet. Vesp. 5: Carmelum promontorium et oppidum, Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75.—Also called Carmel , Vulg. Isa. 29, 17.—
II A small town in Judaea , with a mountain of the same name , near the Dead Sea , Vulg. Josh. 15, 55; id. 1 Reg. 15, 12; 25, 2 al.
III —Hence, Carmēlītes , ae, m., an inhabitant of Mount Carmel , a Carmelite , Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 37; and Carmēlī-tis , ĭdis, f., a woman of Mount Carmel , Vulg. 1 Par. 3, 1.