Meroe
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
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 || Merŏēnī, ōrum, m., habitants de Méroé : Mela 2, 15.
