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noun

Ēmĕrĭta

gen. Ēmĕrĭtae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
a city of Lusitania; Merida; of Emerita •
a city of Lusitania, now Merida, Mela, 2, 6, 4; Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 141.—Hence, ēmĕrĭtānus, a, um, adj., of Emerita, Murat. Inscr. 1550, 1.— ēmĕrĭtensis, e, adj., of Emerita: conventus, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 117.—Emeri-tenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Emerita, Tac. H. 1, 78.
Perseus ID: n15627 Key: Emerita