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<b class="b2">Arabian</b>, adj.: Ἀραβικός. | <b class="b2">Arabian</b>, adj.: Ἀραβικός. | ||
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|lshtext=<b>Ā̆răbĭa</b>: (on [[account]] of the [[long]] A in Prop. 3, 10, 16, [[erroneously]] written by [[many]] Arrabia; cf. Jahn ad Hor. C. 3, 4, 9), ae, f., = [[Ἀραβία]]>.<br /><b>I</b> In an extended [[sense]], the [[country]] [[Arabia]], divided by the ancients [[into]] Petrœa (from its [[principal]] [[city]], [[Petra]]), Deserta, and [[Felix]], Plin. 5, 11, 12, § 65; Mel. 1, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 10, 15; ib. Gal. 4, 25 al.—<br /><b>II</b> In a [[more]] restricted [[sense]], a [[town]] in [[Arabia]] [[Felix]], Mel. 3, 8, 7. —Hence, Ā̆răbĭcus, a, um, adj., Arabic, Arabian: [[odor]] (i. e. tus), Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2: [[sinus]], Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168; Mel. 3, 8, 1: [[resina]], Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 122: [[adamas]], id. 37, 4, 15, § 56: alites, id. 37, 10, 54, § 146: [[balanus]], id. 12, 21, 46, § 102: [[lapicidinae]], i. e. of [[alabaster]], id. 36, 12, 17, § 78: [[spina]], the [[acacia]], id. 24, 12, 65, § 107: [[vectis]], Curt. 7, 2. 17. —Absol.: Ā̆răbĭca, ae, f. (sc. [[gemma]]), a [[precious]] [[stone]], [[similar]] to [[ivory]], perh. a [[kind]] of chalcedony or [[onyx]], Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 145; Isid. Orig. 16, 14.—Ā̆răbĭcē, adv.: facite olant [[aedes]] Arabice, [[make]] the apartments [[redolent]] [[with]] the perfumes of Araby ([[frankincense]], [[which]] [[was]] brought from [[Arabia]]), Plaut. ap. Diom. p. 378 P. (Arabice olet, id est ex odoribus Arabicis, Fest. p. 23): Arabice sacri vocantur, in Arabic, Sol. c. 33. | |||
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