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Derbē

Derbē · f

a fortified city of Lycaonia, residence of Cicero's friend, the tyrant Antipater; a place of refuge for Christians…

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What it meant

Derbē — Lewis & Short

Derbē, es, f., = *de/rbh,

I a fortified city of Lycaonia, residence of Cicero's friend, the tyrant Antipater; a place of refuge for Christians under persecution, now Divlé, Vulg. Act. 14, 6; 16, 1.—Hence,

1 Der-bes, ētis, or Derbētes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Derbe, Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2.—

2 Derbēus, ēi, m. (*derbai=os), of Derbe, Gaius, Vulg. Act. 20, 4.

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