Selinus

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

Sĕlīnūs, untis, f., = Σελινοῦς.

I A town on the coast of Sicily , near Lilybaeum , now Pileri : palmosa, Verg. A. 3, 705; Sil. 14, 201.—Hence,

1 Sĕlīnūsĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Selinus , Selinusian : creta, Vitr. 7, 14; Plin. 35, 6, 27, § 46; 35, 16, 56, § 194.—

2 Sĕlīnuntĭi , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Selinus , Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.—

II A town on the coast of Cilicia , now Selinty , Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92; Liv. 33, 20, 5.—Also, a river near it of the same name , Luc. 8, 260.

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