Alabanda
Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ălăbanda: ōrum, n. and ae, f.,
I a city in the interior of Caria, distinguished for its wealth and luxury, founded by Alabandus, who was honored by the inhabitants as a deity; now Arab-Hissar; plur. form, Cic. N. D. 3, 15; 3, 19; Liv. 33, 18; 38, 13; Juv. 3, 70; <number opt="n">sing.</number> form, Plin. Ep. 5, 29.—Hence, Ălăbandenses, Cic. N. D. 3, 19; Liv. 38, 13; or Ălăbandēni, the inhabitants of Alabanda, Liv. 45, 25.—Ălăbandeus (four syll.), a, um, adj., of Alabanda: Hierocles, Cic. Brut. 95; Vitr. 7, 5.—Ălă-bandĭcus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Alabanda, Plin. 19, 9, 56, § 174; 21, 4, 10, § 16 al.—Also, Ălăbandĭnus, a, um: gemma, a precious stone, named after Alabanda, Isid. Orig. 16, 13.
