Caesarea
ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ· τὴν μὲν χρόαν ἰδεῖν ὁμοιόν ἔστι θάλπει δ' οὐδαμῶς → like the moon to the sun: its color is similar to the eye, but it does not give off any heat
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Caesărēa: (-ī̆a), ae, f., = Καισἀρεια.
I A very important town in Palestine, previously called Stratonis turris, now Kaisariyeh, Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 69; Tac. H. 2, 78; Eutr. 7, 10; Amm. 14, 8, 11.—Hence,
B Deriv.: Caesărĭensis, e, adj., of Cœsarea: Colonia, Dig. 50, 15, 1.—Caesărĭ-enses, ium, m., its inhabitants, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 120; Dig. 50, 15, 8.—
II A town in Mauritania, earlier called Iol, now Shershell (or, acc. to others, Tniz or Tenez), Mel. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20, Eutr. 7, 10.— Hence,
B Caesărĭensis, e, adj., of Cœsarea: Mauretania, Tac. H. 2, 58 sq.—
III The capital of Cappadocia, now Kaisariyeh, Plin. 6, 3, 3, § 8; Eutr. 7, 6; Auct. B. Alex. 66, 4.—
A town in Phœnicia, in which Alexander Severus was born, formerly Arca, Aur. Vict. Caes. 24, 1; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 1, 2.
