The corpus record — Latin

Bactra

Bactra · n

the chief city of Bactria

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Where it lives

Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 7.24/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 26 · 3.51/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.52/10k
Carmina 4 · 1.78/10k
Elegiae 4 · 1.58/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Pharsalia 2 · 0.39/10k
Punica 3 · 0.39/10k
Naturalis Historia 11 · 0.28/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — Lewis & Short

Bactra, ōrum (Bactrum, i, n., = *ba/ktra,

Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 48),

I the chief city of Bactria or Bactriana, now Balkh, Verg. G. 2, 138; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 16; 3, 11 (4, 10), 26; Hor. C. 3, 29, 28; Curt. 7, 4, 31; cf. Sil. 13, 764; Amm. 23, 6, 58.—Transf., = Bactri, the Bactrians, Verg. A. 8, 688.—

II Derivv.

A Bactri, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Bactriana, Mel. 1, 2, 5; Varr. ap. Plin. 6, 17, 19, § 52; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 48.—

B Bac-trĭa, ae. f., the country of the Bactrians, Bactria, Plin. 8, 18, 26, § 67.—

C Bactrĭ-ānus, a, um, adj.

1 Relating to the city of Bactra, of Bactra: regio, Curt. 6, 6, 18: arx, id. 9, 7, 2: terra, id. 7, 4, 26: smaragdi, Plin. 37, 45, 17, § 65.—

2 Relating to the kingdom of Bactriana, Bactrian; hence, Bactriāni, ōrum, m., = Bactri, the Bactrians, Plin. 6, 23, 25, § 92; Curt. 7, 4, 13; 7, 4, 20; 7, 4, 25; Tac. A. 11, 8; Amm. 23, 6, 57.—In sing., collect. for the land of Bactriana, Tac. A. 2, 60.—Also, Bactriāna, ae, f. (sc. terra), = Bactria, Plin. 12, 9, 19, § 35. —

D Bactrīnus, a, um, adj., Bactrian: camelus, App. M. 7, p. 194, 4.—

E Bac-trĭus, a, um, adj., the same: Halcyoneus, Ov. M. 5, 135.

In the wild

Bactra Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 4.5.8
Bactra Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 7.7.4
Bactra Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 9.7.1
Bactra Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 9.22
Bactra Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 5.603
Bactra Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 5.13.18

6 of 58 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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