proper noun
Ăpollōnĭa
Meaning
- The name of several celebrated towns.
Ăpollōnĭa, ae, f., = Ἀπολλωνια.
I. The name of several celebrated towns.
A. In Ætolia, Liv. 28, 8, 9.—
B. In Crete, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59.—
C. In Thrace, on the Pontus Euxinus, Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 39; 4, 11, 18, § 42; Mel. 2, 2.—
D. In Macedonia, Liv. 45, 28; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 37.—
F. In Cyrenaica, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31; Mel. 1, 8 al.—
II. Derivv.
A. ăpol-lōnĭātes, ae, a native of Apollonia (in Crete):
Diogenes Apolloniates, Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29.—Plur.: ăpollōnĭātae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Apollonia (in Caria), Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 109; in Illyria, Cic. Pis. 35, 86; Liv. 33, 3, 10; Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 238.—B. ăpollōnĭātes, ium, plur. m., the inhabitants of Apollonia (in Illyrĭa), Caes. B. C. 3, 12; Liv. 24, 40, 10; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 100.—
C. ăpollōnĭensis, e, adj., belonging to Apollonia, Apollonian:
civitas (in Sicily), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43.—Plur.: ăpollōnĭen-ses, ium, m., its inhabitants, Just. 9, 2.— D. ăpollōnĭātĭcus, a, um, adj., the same: bitumen, dug in the neighborhood of Apollonia (in Epirus), Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 178.
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
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