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Adiabena

Adiabena · f

a region in the northern part of ancient Assyria

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ădĭăbēna — Lewis & Short

ădĭăbēna, ae, or ădĭăbēne, ēs, f., = *)adiabhnh/,

I a region in the northern part of ancient Assyria, now Botan, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; Amm. 23, 6, 20 al.— Hence,
II Derivv.
A ădĭăbēnus, a, um, adj., pertaining thereto: Monobazus, Tac. A. 15, 14; so ib. 1: regimen, ib. 2. —ădĭăbēni, ōrum, m., its inhabitants, Plin. 6, 9, 10, § 28.—
B ădĭăbēnĭcus, a surname of the emperor Severus, as conqueror of Adiabene, Spart. Sev. 9; Sext. Ruf. 21; Inscr. Orell. 903 sq.

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