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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Palmȳra</b>: (Palmīra), ae, f., = Παλμύρα, Παλμιρα,<br /><b>I</b> a [[city]] of [[Syria]], whose ruins [[still]] [[remain]], the [[seat]] of the [[empire]] of Odenathus and [[Zenobia]], Plin. 5, 25, 21, § 86; 6, 28, 32, § 144.—Hence, Palmȳrēnus (Palmīr-), a, um, adj., of [[Palmyra]]: solitudines, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 87.—Subst.: Palmȳ-rēna, ae, f., the [[country]] [[around]] [[Palmyra]], Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 143; and Palmȳrēnus, i, m., an epithet of the [[emperor]] L. [[Domitius]] [[Aurelius]], on [[account]] of his [[victory]] [[over]] [[Palmyra]], Inscr. Grut. 276, 5.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Palmȳra</b>, æ, f., Palmyre [ville de [[Syrie]] : Plin. 5, 88 ; Capel. 6, 680 || <b>Palmȳrēnus</b>, a, um, de Palmyre : Plin. 5, 87 || subst. m., vainqueur de Palmyre : Inscr.
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