Pălaestē

I. a seaport in Epirus, Caes. B. C. 3, 6 fin. dub. (al. Pharsalia).—Hence,

II. Pălaestīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Palœste or Epirus (as the entrance to the Lower World), Palœstian: Palaestinae deae, Ov. F. 4, 236 (where Meletinas is a better reading): arenae, Luc. 5, 460.