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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia · f

a country of Asia, between the Euphrates and Tigris

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Where it lives

Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 1 · 3.77/10k
Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k
Res Gestae 33 · 2.59/10k
Historiae 1 · 2.46/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 8 · 1.08/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 1 · 0.89/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Naturalis Historia 21 · 0.53/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.46/10k
Annales 4 · 0.45/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Mĕsŏpŏtămĭa — Lewis & Short

Mĕsŏpŏtămĭa, ae, f., = *mesopotami/a,

I a country of Asia, between the Euphrates and Tigris, now called Al-Jezireh, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Isid. 13, 21, 10; Mel. 1, 11, 1; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; Sall. H. 4, 51 Dietsch. —Hence, Mĕsŏpŏtămĭus, a, um, adj. (also written Mĕsŏpŏtămēnus), Mesopotamian (post-class.): milites, Val. ap. Vop. Aur. 11: Mesopotameni homines, Sall. H. 4, 53 Dietsch.—In plur. subst.: Mĕsŏpŏ-tămēsii, ōrum, m., the Mesopotamians, Spart. Hadr. 21, 12; Schol. Juv. 1, 104.† † mesŏpўlus, a, um, adj., = me/sospu/lh, that is at the middle door, Inscr. Grut. 32, 11.

Where it came from

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