Olbĭa

I. the name of several cities.

I. A city in Pamphylia, Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96.—

II. A city in Bithynia, afterwards called Nicaea, now Izmid, Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148.—Hence,

B. Olbĭānus, a, um, adj.: sinus, now Golfo d' Izmid, Mela, 1, 19, 4.—

III. A city in Gallia Narbonensis, Mela, 2, 5.—

IV. A city in Sardinia, now Terranova, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 7; 2, 8, 1; Flor. 2, 2, 6; Val. Max. 5, 1, 2.—Hence, Olbĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Olbia, Olbian: epistula. from Olbia, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7: ager, Liv. 27, 6.