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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Mĕrŏē</b>: ēs, f., = Μερόη,<br /><b>I</b> a [[large]] and [[celebrated]] [[island]] of the [[Nile]], in [[Ethiopia]], [[now]] the [[province]] of Atbar, [[Mela]], 1, 9, 2; Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 184; Ov. F. 4, 570; Luc. 10, 303; Juv. 6, 528.—Transf., in a [[lusus]] verbb. [[with]] [[merum]], of a [[tippling]] [[woman]] (cf. [[merobibus]]), Aus. Epigr. 20.—Hence, Mĕ-rŏētĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meroë, Meroëtic: [[ebenus]] Meroëtica, Luc. 10, 117 Cort. (al. Mareotica).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Mĕrŏē</b>,¹⁴ ēs, f. (Μερόη), Méroé [île du Nil] : [[Mela]] 1, 50 &#124;&#124; <b>Merŏēnī</b>, ōrum, m., habitants de Méroé : [[Mela]] 2, 15.||<b>Merŏēnī</b>, ōrum, m., habitants de Méroé : [[Mela]] 2, 15.
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{{Georges
|georg=Meroē, ēs, f. (Μερόη), große u. berühmte Nilinsel in Äthiopien, die jetzige [[Provinz]] Atbar, [[Mela]] 1, 9, 2 (1. § 50). Ov. [[fast]]. 4, 570. Lucan. 4, 433. Dav.: a) Meroïs, idis, Akk. ida, f. (Μεροΐς), meroïsch, [[herba]], Plin. 24, 163. – b) Meroītānus, a, um, meroītanisch, [[vinum]], Fulg. myth. 2, 15.
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