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Bostra

Bostra · f

the capital of the Roman province of Arabia from the time of Trajan

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What it meant

Bostra — Lewis & Short

Bostra, ae, f., = *bo/stra,

I the capital of the Roman province of Arabia from the time of Trajan, now Bozra, Amm. 14, 8, 13. —Called Bosra, Vulg. Isa. 34, 6; id. Jer. 48, 24 al.—Hence, Bostrēnus, a, um, adj., of Bozra.—Only subst.: Bostrēnus, i, m., an inhabitant of Bozra: praetextatus, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 3; plur., Inscr. Orell. 3440.

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