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Elymais

Elymais · f

a district of Persia

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

ĕlymāis — Lewis & Short

ĕlymāis, ĭdis, f., = *)elumai/+s,

I a district of Persia, in the west of the modern province of Iran, Plin. 6, 25, 28, § 111 al.— Hence, ĕlymaeus, a, um, adj., = *)elumai=os, Elymaean, Liv. 37, 40.—Plur. subst.: ĕlymaei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Elymaïs, Liv. 35, 48 al.

In the wild

Elymaide Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.27.p4
Elymaide Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.27.p4
Elymais Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.27.p4
Elymaide Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.25.p1

Where it came from

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