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paraetonium

paraetonium · n

a seaport town in Northern Africa

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

Păraetŏnĭum — Lewis & Short

Păraetŏnĭum, ii, n., = *paraito/nion,

I a seaport town in Northern Africa, between Egypt and the Syrtes, now Marsa Labeit, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 33; Ov. Am. 2, 13, 7; id. M. 9, 772.—Hence,

II Păraetŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Parœtonian: portus, Mela, 1, 8, 2.— Subst.: păraetŏnĭum, ii, n., a certain white and pure chalk found near Parœtonium, Parœtonium-white, Plin. 35, 6, 18, § 36; 33, 5, 27, § 90; Vitr. 7, 7.—

B Transf., Egyptian, African: Paraetonius Nilus, Stat. Th. 5, 12: urbs, i. e. Alexandria, Luc. 10, 9: litus, Egyptian, Claud. B. Gild. 160: serpens, African, Sil. 17, 450.

In the wild

paraetonii Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.5.p2
paraetonium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.5.p2
paraetonio Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.5.p2

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