Derbē

I. a fortified city of Lycaonia, residence of Cicero's friend, the tyrant Antipater; a place of refuge for Christians under persecution, now Divlé, Vulg. Act. 14, 6; 16, 1.—Hence,

1. Der-bes, ētis, or Derbētes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Derbe, Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2.—

2. Derbēus, ēi, m. (Δερβαῖος), of Derbe, Gaius, Vulg. Act. 20, 4.