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Sophocles, Antigone, 277

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Σελινοῦς, -οῦντος, ὁ.

Of Selinus, adj.: Σελινούντιος.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Sĕlīnūs: untis, f., = Σελινοῦς.
I A town on the coast of Sicily, near Lilybœum, now Pileri: palmosa, Verg. A. 3, 705; Sil. 14, 201.—Hence,
   1    Sĕlīnūsĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Selinus, Selinusian: creta, Vitr. 7, 14; Plin. 35, 6, 27, § 46; 35, 16, 56, § 194.—
   2    Sĕlīnuntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Selinus, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.—
II A town on the coast of Cilicia, now Selinty, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92; Liv. 33, 20, 5.—Also, a river near it of the same name, Luc. 8, 260.