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Sarra (Sara, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 58), ae, f., Heb. Zor.

  1. I. The city of Tyre, in Phœnicia, 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,
  2. II. Sarrānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sarra, i. e.,
    1. 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.
    2. B. Transf., Carthaginian: Juno (especially honored in Carthage), Sil. 6, 468: manus, id. 9, 319: navita, id. 7, 432: numina, id. 8, 46.