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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1017.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1017.jpg}}]]Μεσοποταμία, ἡ.
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|lshtext=<b>Mĕsŏpŏtămĭa</b>: ae, f., = Μεσοποταμία,<br /><b>I</b> a [[country]] of [[Asia]], [[between]] the [[Euphrates]] and [[Tigris]], [[now]] called Al-Jezireh, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Isid. 13, 21, 10; Mel. 1, 11, 1; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; Sall. H. 4, 51 Dietsch. —Hence, Mĕsŏpŏtămĭus, a, um, adj. (also written Mĕsŏpŏtămēnus), Mesopotamian ([[post]]-[[class]].): milites, Val. ap. Vop. Aur. 11: Mesopotameni homines, Sall. H. 4, 53 Dietsch.—In plur. subst.: Mĕsŏpŏ-tămēsii, ōrum, m., the Mesopotamians, Spart. Hadr. 21, 12; Schol. Juv. 1, 104.‡ † mesŏpylus, a, um, adj., = μέσοσπύλη, [[that]] is at the [[middle]] [[door]], Inscr. Grut. 32, 11.
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