Carmelus

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

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.

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