proper nounSĕleucisSELEVCIS☆ KeepMeaninga kind of bird on Mount CasiusLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879SELEUCISLEWIS & SHORTSELEUCISSĕleucis, ĭdis, f., I. a kind of bird on Mount Casius, Plin. 10, 27, 39, § 75.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesGeographySeleucisSeleucis (Σελευκίς), a district of Syria, mentioned by Ptolemy,as containing the cities of Gephura, Gindarus, and Imma (5.15.15). Strabo calls it the …