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Segesta1

Segesta1 · f

an ancient city on the northern coast of Sicily

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Where it lives

In C. Verrem 7 · 0.7/10k
Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

1. Sĕgesta — Lewis & Short

Sĕgesta, ae, f.sibilated, acc. to Fest. p. 340 Müll., on account of the omen, from *)/egesta,

I an ancient city on the northern coast of Sicily, near Mount Eryx, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72; 2, 3, 40, § 92; Fest. p. 340 Müll.—Hence, Sĕgestānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Segesta, Segestan: civitas, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 13; 2, 5, 32, § 83: diana, id. Or. 62, 210.—Substt.

1 Sĕgestānum, i, n., the Segestan territory, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 40, § 93.—

2 Sĕ-gestāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Segesta, the Segestans, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91; Tac. A. 4, 43.

2. Sĕgesta — Lewis & Short

Sĕgesta, ae, f., v. Segetia.

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