Ituraea

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

Ĭtūraea (Ityr-), ae, f.

I A district of Coelesyria , the inhabitants of which were celebrated as archers , now El-Jeidoor , Vulg. Luc. 3, 1.—

II Deriv. Ĭtūraeus ( Ityr- ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ituraea , Ituraean : arcus, Verg. G. 2, 448: sagittae, Luc. 5, 230; Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81.—Subst.: Ĭtūraei , ōrum, m., the Ituraeans , Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 112; 2, 8, 19.

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