Ninive

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

Nī̆nī̆vē, ēs, f.,

I the ancient capital of Assyria , prob. near the mod. Nebbi Yunus , Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 3; Vulg. Gen. 10, 11; Paul. Nol. Carm. 23, 168; Alcim. 4, 357; also called Ninus or Ninos, v. Ninus.—Hence,

A Nī̆nĭvītae , ārum, m., the inhabitants of Nineveh, the Ninevites , Prud. Cath. 7, 131; Vulg. Matt. 12, 41.—

B Nĭnĭvī-tĭcus , a, um, adj., Ninevite : puer, Hier. in Isa. 3, 7, 16.

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