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noun

Mărăthos

gen. i · gender feminine · decl. 2nd
or , , , = Μάραθος
an ancient Phœnician city, opposite the island of Arados; Ainel-Hye; adj., of •
an ancient Phœnician city, opposite the island of Arados, near the modern Ainel-Hye, Mel. 1, 12, 3; Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78; Curt. 4, 1, 6.—Hence, Mărăthēnus, a, um, adj., of or from Marathos, Marathene: Menelaüs, a rhetorician from Marathos, Cic. Brut. 26, 100 Meyer.
Perseus ID: n27988 Key: Marathos