Caesarea
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Cæsărēa,¹⁵ æ, f.,
1 nom de diverses villes de Palestine, Cappadoce, Pisidie, Arménie, Mauritanie, Lusitanie : Plin., Tac., etc.
2 nom d’une île située entre la Bretagne et la Gaule [auj. Jersey] : Anton.
