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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

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|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).
|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 || <b>Merŏēnī</b>, ōrum, m., habitants de Méroé : [[Mela]] 2, 15.
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Revision as of 06:58, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Mĕrŏē: ēs, f., = Μερόη,
I 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).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Mĕrŏē,¹⁴ ēs, f. (Μερόη), Méroé [île du Nil] : Mela 1, 50