Olbia
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Olbĭa: ae, f., = Ὀλβία,
I the name of several cities.
I A city in Pamphylia, Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96.—
II A city in Bithynia, afterwards called Nicaea, now Izmid, Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148.—Hence,
B Olbĭānus, a, um, adj.: sinus, now Golfo d' Izmid, Mela, 1, 19, 4.—
III A city in Gallia Narbonensis, Mela, 2, 5.—
A city in Sardinia, now Terranova, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 7; 2, 8, 1; Flor. 2, 2, 6; Val. Max. 5, 1, 2.—Hence, Olbĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Olbia, Olbian: epistula. from Olbia, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7: ager, the territory of Olbia, Liv. 27, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Olbĭa,¹⁶ æ, f. (Ὀλβία), ville de Pamphylie : Mela 2, 6
