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Gela

Gela · f

a city on the southern coast of Sicily

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Where it lives

de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

Gĕla — Lewis & Short

Gĕla, ae, f., = *ge/la,

I a city on the southern coast of Sicily, at first called Lindos, and afterwards Gela, from the River Gela or Gelas, on which it stood, now Terranova (acc. to others Alicata), Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 73; 31, 7, 41, § 86; Verg. A. 3, 702; Sil. 14, 218. —Gĕla, ae, m., the river Gela, now Fiume di Terranova, Ov. F. 4, 470; also Gelas, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89.—

II Derivv.:

A Gĕ-lōus, a, um, adj., = *gelw=|os, of or belonging to Gela: campi, Verg. A. 3, 701.—

B Gĕlenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Gela, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103; 2, 4, 33, § 73. —

C Gĕlāni, ōrum, m., the same, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.

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Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gela (scan p. 788; entry #13868).

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