Bē^thlĕhem

I. a town of the tribe of Judah, the birthplace of David and of Christ, now Beit el Lahm; form Bethlehem, Tert. adv. Jud. 13; Vulg. Gen. 35, 19.—Form Bethleem, Juvenc. 1, 149; 1, 153; scanned Bĕthlēēm, Prud. στεφ. 10, 737.—Form Bethlem, Prud. Cath. 7, 1; 12, 78.—Form Bethlehemum, Hier. Vit. Paulae.—Hence,

A. Bē^thlaeus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Sedul. Carm. 2, 73.—

B. Bē^thlĕĕmĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Juvenc. 1, 260 dub.—

C. Bē^thlĕhĕmītes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Bethlehem, a Bethlehemite, Vulg. 1 Reg. 16, 1 al.—

D. Bē^thlĕmĭtĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Hier. Vit. Paulae.