Oea

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

Oea, ae, f.,

I a town of Africa , now Tripolis , Mela 1, 7, 5; Sil. 3, 257; App. Mag. 17. —Hence,

II Oeensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Oea : civitas Oeensis, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 27; cf. Sil. 3, 257.— Plur. subst. : Oeenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Oea , Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 38; Tac. H. 4, 50.

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