Ĭtūraea

ae, f.
I. A district of Cœlesyria, the inhabitants of which were celebrated as archers, now El-Jeidoor, Vulg. Luc. 3, 1.—
II. Deriv. ĭtūraeus (Ityr-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ituræa, Ituræan: arcus, Verg. G. 2, 448: sagittae, Luc. 5, 230; Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81.—Subst.: ĭtū-raei, ōrum, m., the Ituræans, Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 112; 2, 8, 19.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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