Myrina

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

Myrīna, ae, f., = Μυρίνα.

I A fortified seaport town of the Aeolians, in Asia Minor , afterwards called Sebastopolis , Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 8; Liv. 33, 30, 3; Tac. A. 2, 47. —Hence,

B Myrīnus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Myrina , Mart. 9, 43, 1.—

II A city in the Isle of Lemnos , Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 73. —

III A town in Crete , Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59.

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