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Alabanda

Alabanda · n

a city in the interior of Caria

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Where it lives

de Natura Deorum 4 · 1.12/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

ălăbanda — Lewis & Short

ălăbanda, ōrum, n. and ae, f.,

I a city in the interior of Caria, distinguished for its wealth and luxury, founded by Alabandus, who was honored by the inhabitants as a deity; now Arab-Hissar; plur. form, Cic. N. D. 3, 15; 3, 19; Liv. 33, 18; 38, 13; Juv. 3, 70; sing. form, Plin. Ep. 5, 29.—Hence, ălăbandenses, Cic. N. D. 3, 19; Liv. 38, 13; or ălăbandēni, the inhabitants of Alabanda, Liv. 45, 25.—ălăbandeus (four syll.), a, um, adj., of Alabanda: Hierocles, Cic. Brut. 95; Vitr. 7, 5.—ălă-bandĭcus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Alabanda, Plin. 19, 9, 56, § 174; 21, 4, 10, § 16 al.—Also, ălăbandĭnus, a, um: gemma, a precious stone, named after Alabanda, Isid. Orig. 16, 13.

In the wild

Alabandis Cicero, de Natura Deorum 3.39.p2
Alabandis Vitruvius, De Architectura 7.5.6
Alabandis Juvenal, Saturae 1.3.70
Alabandis Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.38.13.2
Alabandis Vitruvius, De Architectura 7.5.6
Alabandum Cicero, de Natura Deorum 3.50

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Where it came from

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