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Berytus

Berytus · f

a seaport town of Phœnicia

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Where it lives

Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 9.12/10k
Historiae 1 · 0.19/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

Bērȳtus — Lewis & Short

Bērȳtus (Bērўtus, poet. Lat. Min. V. p. 1103), i, f., = *bhru=to/s,

Avien. Descr. Orb. Terr. 1080; cf. Wernsdorf

I a seaport town of Phœnicia, distinguished for its excellent wine; as a Roman colony, called Felix Julia, now Beirout, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78; Tac. H. 2, 81; Dig. 5, 15, 8; Prisc. Perieg. p. 853.—Hence,

II Derivv.

A Bērȳtĭus (Bērўtĭus, Aus. Praef. ad Syagr. 20), a, um, adj., of Berytus: vinum, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 74: uva, id. 15, 17, 18, § 66.—

B Bērȳtensis, e, adj., Berytensian, of Berytus: colonia, Dig. 50, 15, 1, § 1; and Bērȳtenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Berytus, Inscr. Orell. 1246; Cod. 1, 17, 2, § 9.

In the wild

Berytum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.34.p2
Berytus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.8.9
Berytus Appendix Vergiliana, Appendix Vergiliana 19
Beryti Tacitus, Historiae 2.85
Berytus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.20.p1

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