Palmyra
Ζεὺς οἶδε μοῖράν τ' ἀμμορίην τ' ἀνθρώπων → Zeus knows what is man's fate and what is not, Zeus knows man's good and bad fortune
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Palmȳra: (Palmīra), ae, f., = Παλμύρα, Παλμιρα,
I a city of Syria, whose ruins still remain, the seat of the empire of Odenathus and Zenobia, Plin. 5, 25, 21, § 86; 6, 28, 32, § 144.—Hence, Palmȳrēnus (Palmīr-), a, um, adj., of Palmyra: solitudines, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 87.—Subst.: Palmȳ-rēna, ae, f., the country around Palmyra, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 143; and Palmȳrēnus, i, m., an epithet of the emperor L. Domitius Aurelius, on account of his victory over Palmyra, Inscr. Grut. 276, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Palmȳra, æ, f., Palmyre [ville de Syrie : Plin. 5, 88 ; Capel. 6, 680 || Palmȳrēnus, a, um, de Palmyre : Plin. 5, 87 || subst. m., vainqueur de Palmyre : Inscr.
Latin > German (Georges)
Palmȳra (Palmīra), ae, f. (Παλμύρα, Παλμίρα), Stadt in Syrien, Residenz des palmyrenischen Reichs unter Odenathus u. dessen Gemahlin Zenobia, eine der herrlichsten Städte des Orients, j. großartige Ruinen beim Flecken Thadmor, Plin. 5, 88. Mart. Cap. 6. § 680. – Dav. Palmȳrēnus, a, um (Παλμυρηνός), palmyrenisch, Plin. 5, 87.
Latin > English
Palmyra Palmyrae N F :: Palmyra, city in Syria
