Hispalis
From LSJ
ἀγαθοὶ δὲ ἐγένοντο διὰ τὸ φῦναι ἐξ ἀγαθῶν → they were virtuous because they were sprung from virtuous men, virtuous they were because they were sprung from men of virtue
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Hispălis: is, f.,
I a city of Hispania Baetica, now Sevilla, Plin. 2, 97, 100, § 219; Caes. B. C. 2, 18; 20; Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3.—In the neut. form: Hispal, ălis, Mel. 2, 6, 4; Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 11; Sil. 3, 392.—
II Deriv.: Hispălensis or Hispălĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the city Hispalis: Hispalensis conventus, Plin. 3, 1, 3, §§ 7, 11.—Subst.: Hispă-lienses, ium, m. plur., the inhabitants of Hispalis, Tac. H. 1, 78.
