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Patara

Patara · f

a seaport town of Lycia

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Where it lives

What it meant

Pătăra — Lewis & Short

Pătăra, ae, f., = *patara,

I a seaport town of Lycia, with a celebrated oracle of Apollo, Mel. 1, 15, 3; Plin. 5, 27, 28, § 100; Liv. 33, 41; Vulg. Act. 21, 1; Serv Verg. A. 4, 143.—Hence,
A Pātăreus (trisyl.), e=i and ĕos, m., = *patareus, the Patarean, a surname of Apollo: Delius et Patareus Apollo, Hor. C. 3, 4, 64.—
B Pătăsaeus, a, um, adj., Pararœan: regia, Ov. M. 1, 516. dumeta, Stat. Th. 1, 696.—
C Pătărēis, īdis, f. adj., Patarœan: arx, Avien. Perieg. 684.—
D Pătārānus, a, um, adj., Patarœan hence, in plur. subst., Pătărāni, ōrum. m., the inhabitants of Patara, Cic. Fl. 32, 78.

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