Olbia

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

Olbĭa, ae, f., = Ὀλβία, the name of several cities.

I A city in Pamphylia , Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96.—

II A city in Bithynia , afterwards called Nicaea, now Izmid , Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148.—Hence,

B Olbĭānus , a, um, adj.: sinus, now Golfo d’ Izmid , Mel. 1, 19, 4.—

III A city in Gallia Narbonensis, Mel. 2, 5.—

IV A city in Sardinia , now Terranova , Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 7; 2, 8, 1; Flor. 2, 2, 6; Val. Max. 5, 1, 2.

VI —Hence, Olbĭensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Olbia , Olbian : epistula. from Olbia , Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7: ager, the territory of Olbia , Liv. 27, 6.

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