The corpus record — Latin

Hălēsa

Hălēsa · f

a town on the northern coast of Sicily

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What it meant

Hălēsa — Lewis & Short

Hălēsa (Halaesa and Alēsa), ae, f., = *(/alaisa,

I a town on the northern coast of Sicily, on the river Halesus, now ruins near the village Iusa, Sil. 14, 218; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 19; 2, 2, 75, § 185.—

II Deriv. Hălēsīnus (Halaes- and Alēs-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Halesa: civitas, Cic. Fam. 13, 32, 1: Dio, of Halesa, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 19; 2, 3, 73.—Subst.: Hă-lēsīni, ōrum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Halesa, Halesines, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.

Where it came from

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