Nabataea
Năbătaea (Năbăthaea), ae, f., = Ναβαταια,
- a country in Arabia Petraea, Plin. 21, 18, 72, § 120.—Hence,
- A Năbă-thaeus (scanned Năbătaeus, Năbāthaeus, Sid. Carm. 5, 284), a, um, adj., = Ναβαθαῖος, of or belonging to Nabathaea, Nabathaean: saltus, Juv. 11, 126.—Plur.: Năbătaei or Năbăthaei, ōrum, m., = Ναβαταῖοι or Ναβαθαῖοι, the Nabathaeans, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; 12, 20, 44, § 98; Auct. B. Alex. 1, 1; Tac. A. 2, 57; Amm.14, 8, 12.—
- 2 Poet., transf., for Arabian, Eastern, Oriental: Eurus ad Auroram Nabathaeaque regna recessit, Ov. M. 1, 61: Nabathaei flatus Euri, Luc. 4, 63.—
- B Năbăthes, ae, m., a Nabathaean, Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.