Henna

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

Henna, less correctly Enna, ae, f., = Ἕννα,

I a city of great antiquity in the centre of Sicily , with a famous temple of Ceres: it was from here that Pluto carried off Proserpine; now Castro Giovanni , Mel. 2, 7, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107 sq.; Ov. F. 4, 422; 455; 462; Hyg. F. 146.—

II Derivv.

A Hennensis ( Enn- ), e, adj., of or belonging to Henna : Ceres, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107 sq.—Subst.: Hen-nenses ( Enn- ), ium, m. plur., the inhabitants of Henna , Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106; Liv. 24, 39; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.—

B Hennaeus ( Enn- ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Henna , Hennean : moenia, i. e. Henna , Ov. M. 5, 385: virgo rapta, Sil. 14, 245; cf. id. 1, 93.

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