Ēmĕrĭta, ae, f.,
I a city of Lusitania , now Merida , Mel. 2, 6, 4; Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 141.
II —Hence, Ēmĕrĭtānus , a, um, adj., of Emerita , Murat. Inscr. 1550, 1.— Ēmĕrĭtensis , e, adj., of Emerita : conventus, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 117.
III — Emeri-tenses , ium, m., the inhabitants of Emerita , Tac. H. 1, 78.