noun

Năbătaea

gen. Năbătae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

(), , , = Ναβαταια

a country in Arabia Petræa

a country in Arabia Petræa, Plin. 21, 18, 72, § 120.—Hence,

belonging to Nabathæa, Nabathœan; the Nabathæans •

Năbă-thaeus (scanned Năbătaeus, Năbāthaeus, Sid. Carm. 5, 284), a, um, adj., = Ναβαθαῖος, of or belonging to Nabathæa, Nabathœan: saltus, Juv. 11, 126.—Plur.: Năbătaei or Năbăthaei, ōrum, m., = Ναβαταῖοι or Ναβαθαῖοι, the Nabathæans, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; 12, 20, 44, § 98; Auct. B. Alex. 1, 1; Tac. A. 2, 57; Amm. 14, 8, 12.—

Arabian, Eastern, Oriental poetic •

Poet., transf., for Arabian, Eastern, Oriental: Eurus ad Auroram Nabathaeaque regna recessit, Ov. M. 1, 61: Nabathaei flatus Euri, Luc. 4, 63.—

a Nabathæan

Năbăthes, ae, m., a Nabathæan, Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.

Perseus ID: n30325 Key: Nabataea