Palmȳra (Palmīra), ae, f., = Παλμύρα, Παλμιρα,
I a city of Syria , whose ruins still remain , the seat of the empire of Odenathus and Zenobia , Plin. 5, 25, 21, § 86; 6, 28, 32, § 144.
II —Hence, Palmȳrēnus ( Palmīr- ), a, um, adj., of Palmyra : solitudines, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 87.—Subst.: Palmȳ-rēna , ae, f., the country around Palmyra , Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 143; and Palmȳrēnus , i, m., an epithet of the emperor L. Domitius Aurelius, on account of his victory over Palmyra , Inscr. Grut. 276, 5.