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Ephesus

Ephesus · f

an old and celebrated commercial city of Ionia

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 41 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ĕphĕsus — Lewis & Short

ĕphĕsus, i, f., = *)/efesos,

I an old and celebrated commercial city of Ionia, with a temple to Diana, now ruins near the village of Ayasaluk, Mel. 1, 17, 2; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 131 sqq.; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 2; 2, 3, 75; 102; 4, 9, 124 et saep.—Derivv.,
II ĕphĕsĭus, a, um, adj., Ephesian: Diana, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 73; id. Mil. 2, 5, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 23 fin.: mater, born at Ephesus, id. Phil. 3, 6, 15: pecunia, deposited in the temple there, Caes. B. C. 3, 33 fin.; 3, 105, 1. —Subst.: Ephesii, ōrum, m., the Ephesians, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 75; Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58 al.

In the wild

6 of 218 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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