Sarra (Sara, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 58), ae, f., Heb. Zor.
I The city of Tyre , in Phoenicia , celebrated for its purple dye : Poenos Sarrā oriundos, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. G. 2, 506; cf. Serv. ad loc., and Gell. 14, 6, 4: purpuram ex Sarā tibi Attuli, Plaut. l. l.— Hence,
II Sarrānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sarra , i. e.,
A Tyrian : gens, Sil. 1, 72: Leptis, built by the Tyrians , id. 3, 256: ostrum, Verg. G. 2, 506; Col. poët. 10, 287; cf. murex, Sil. 15, 205: aulaea, Juv. 10, 38: violae, purple-red , Col. 9, 4, 4. —
B Transf., Carthaginian : Juno (especially honored in Carthage), Sil. 6, 468: manus, id. 9, 319: navita, id. 7, 432: numina, id. 8, 46.