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Naucratis

Naucratis · f

a town of the Delta in Egypt

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Where it lives

Amphitruo 5 · 5.09/10k
Orator 1 · 0.54/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

Naucrătis — Lewis & Short

Naucrătis, is, f., = *nau/kratis,

I a town of the Delta in Egypt, now Salhadschar, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 64; 31, 10, 46, § 111.— Hence,

I Naucrătītes, ae, m. adj., of Naucratis, Naucratian: nomos, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49.—

II Naucrătĭcus, a, um, adj., Naucratian: ostium Nili, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 64.

In the wild

Naucratem Cicero, Orator 172
Naucratis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.10.p1
Naucrate Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 3.6.3
Naucratem Plautus, Amphitruo 3.2
Naucratim Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 31.10.p3
Naucratem Plautus, Amphitruo 2.2

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Where it came from

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