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Nisibis

Nisibis · f

A city in Mesopotamia

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Where it lives

Gallieni Duo 2 · 5.44/10k
Gordiani Tres 2 · 3.6/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
Res Gestae 10 · 0.78/10k
Annales 1 · 0.11/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

Nĭsĭbis — Lewis & Short

Nĭsĭbis or Nĕsĕbis, is, f., = *ni/sibis.

I A city in Mesopotamia, now Nisibin, Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 42; Tac. A. 15, 5; Amm. 25, 7, 9; 25, 8, 27—Hence,

B Nĭsĭbēni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Nisibis, Amm. 25, 8, 13.—

II A city in Aria, Amm. 23, 6, 69.

In the wild

Nisibin Historia Augusta, Gordiani Tres 27
Nisibin Historia Augusta, Gallieni Duo 10
Nisibin Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 20.6.9
Nisibin Tacitus, Annales 15.p5
Nisibin Historia Augusta, Gallieni Duo 12
Nisibin Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 20.7.1

6 of 17 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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