Thymbra

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

Thymbra, ae, or Thymbrē, ēs, f., = Θύμβρη,

I a city in Troas , with a temple of Apollo , Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 126 (dub.; al. Cambre); Stat. S. 4, 7, 22.—Hence,

A Thym-braeus , i, m., the Thymbraean , an epithet of Apollo , Verg. A. 3, 85; cf. Macr. S. 1, 17, and Fest. p. 356 Müll.—

B thymbrae-um , i, n., another name for the sisymbrium silvestre, Plin. 20, 22, 91, § 247.

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