View source for Zama

{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Zăma</b>: ae, f., = Ζάμα.<br /><b>I</b> A [[small]] [[town]] in Numidia ([[now]] Zamra), [[celebrated]] for the [[victory]] gained [[there]] by [[Scipio]] [[over]] [[Hannibal]], Liv. 30, 29; Sil. 3, 261 al.—<br /><b>II</b> Another [[town]] in Numidia, also, [[with]] the [[addition]] [[regia]], the [[residence]] of [[Juba]], [[now]] Jama, Sall. J. 57 sq.; Auct. B. Afr. 91; Inscr. Grut. 364, 1.—Hence, Zămensis, e, adj., of or belonging to [[Zama]]: [[oppidum]], i. e. [[Zama]], Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30 (al. Ziamensis). —As subst.: Zămenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of [[Zama]], Auct. B. Afr. 92.
}}