Demetrias

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

Dēmētrĭas, ădis, f.

I Gr. Δημητριάς, a city in Thessaly (Pelasgiotis), newly colonized by Demetrius Poliorcetes , formerly called Pagasae, now Volo , Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29; Liv. 27, 23 fin. ; 28, 5; 39, 23.—

B Hence, Dēmētrĭacus , a, um, of Demetrias : sinus, Liv. 28, 5 fin. (al. Demetraicus).—

II A sort of plant , Ap. Herb. 3.

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