Pallene

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

Pallēnē, ēs, f., = Παλλήνη,

I a peninsula and town of Macedonia , on the Thermaic Gulf , also called Phlegra, where the battle between the gods and the giants took place , Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 36; Ov. M. 15, 356; Val. Fl. 2, 17; Sen. Herc. Fur. 979.—Hence,

A Pallēnaeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallene , Luc. 7, 150: triumphi, Stat. S. 4, 2, 56.—

B Pallēnensis , e, adj., Pallenian : ager, Liv. 44, 10: isthmus, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 36.

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