Pălaestīnă (Pălest-), ae, and Pă-laestīnē, ēs, f., = Παλαιστίνη,
I the country of Palestine , in Syria , Mel. 1, 11, 2; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66 sq.—Hence,
A Pă-laestīnus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Palestine : aqua, the Euphrates , Ov. F. 2, 464: Syrus, Tib. 1, 8, 17 (7, 18): Palaestini simul Hebraeique liquores, Stat. S. 5, 1, 213. —In plur.: Pălaestīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Palestine , Ov. M. 4, 46; Hier. in Isa. 14, 29; the Philistines , Vulg. Gen. 21, 33.—
B Pălaestīnensis , e, adj., Palestinian , Spart. Sev. 9.