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Pălaestē, ēs, f., = Παλαιστή,
- I. a seaport in Epirus, Caes. B. C. 3, 6 fin. dub. (al. Pharsalia).
Hence,
- II. Pălaestīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Palœste or Epirus (as the entrance to the Lower World), Palœstian: Palaestinae deae, the Furies, Ov. F. 4, 236 (where Meletinas is a better reading): arenae, Luc. 5, 460.
Pălaestīnă (Pălest-), ae, and Pă-laestīnē, ēs, f., = Παλαιστίνη, the country of Palestine, in Syria, Mel. 1, 11, 2; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66 sq.
Hence,
- A. Pă-laestīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Palestine: aqua, the Euphrates, Ov. F. 2, 464: Syrus, Tib. 1, 8, 17 (7, 18): Palaestini simul Hebraeique liquores, Stat. S. 5, 1, 213.
In plur.: Pălaestīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Palestine, Ov. M. 4, 46; Hier. in Isa. 14, 29; the Philistines, Vulg. Gen. 21, 33.
- B. Pălaestīnensis, e, adj., Palestinian, Spart. Sev. 9.