Ĕphĕsus, i, f., = Ἔφεσος,
I an old and celebrated commercial city of Ionia , with a temple to Diana , now ruins near the village of Ayasaluk , Mel. 1, 17, 2; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 131 sqq.; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 2; 2, 3, 75; 102; 4, 9, 124 et saep.—Derivv.,
II Ĕphĕsĭus , a, um, adj., Ephesian : Diana, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 73; id. Mil. 2, 5, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 23 fin. : mater, born at Ephesus , id. Phil. 3, 6, 15: pecunia, deposited in the temple there , Caes. B. C. 3, 33 fin. ; 3, 105, 1. —Subst.: Ephesii , ōrum, m., the Ephesians , Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 75; Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58 al.