Laodicea
σφάγιον ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ, γυναικεῖον ἀμφικεῖσθαι μόρον → my wife's death, lies upon me, bringing destruction after death | Is it that now there waits in store for me, my own wife's death to crown my misery
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lāŏdĭcēa: ae, f., = Λαοδίκεια,
I the name of several cities.
A In Cœle-Syria, near Lebanon, now Jusy, Mel. 1, 12.—
B In Phrygia Major, also called Lāŏdĭcīa, and Laudĭcēa, now Eski Hissar, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 4; 15, 4, 2; Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 105; Vulg. Apoc. 1, 11 al.—
II Hence,
A Lāŏdĭcensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Laodicea, Laodicean: civitas, Cic. Fam. 5. 20, 2; 13, 67, 1.—
B Lāŏdĭcēni (Lau-dĭcēni, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 4, v. h. l.), ōrum, m., inhabitants of Laodicea, Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 82.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Lāŏdĭcēa,¹⁵ æ, f. (Λαοδίκεια), Laodicée [ville maritime, capitale de la Syrie : Mela 1, 69 || autres villes du même nom [en Phrygie, en Médie, en Mésopotamie, etc.] : Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 4 ; Plin. 5, 105 ; Vulg. Apoc. 1, 11 || -cēnsis, e, de Laodicée : Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2 || -cēnī, m., habitants de Laodicée : Cassius d. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 4 ; Plin. 5, 82.
