Seleucia

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

Sĕleucĭ_a (also written Sĕleucĕ_a), ae, f., = Σελεύκεια, the name of several cities in Asia.

I Pieria, a city in Syria , on the Orontes , now Kepse , Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67; Cic. Att. 11, 20 init.

II A celebrated city in Babylonia , near the river Tigris , now ElModain , Sall. Ep. Mithrid. 19; called Seleucia Parthorum, Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132; form Seleucea, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1. —

III Seleucia Trachēa = Σελεύκεια ἡ τραχει α, a city of Cilicia , Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93; Amm. 14, 2, 14.