Bilbĭlis

is, f.
I. A town in an elevated position in Hispania Tarraconensis, on the river Salo, the birthplace of the poet Martial, now Calatayud Vieja: Bilbilis, Mart. 10, 103, 1: Bilbilim, id. 1, 50, 3; Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 144: Bilbilin, Mart. 4, 55, 11; 10, 104, 6; 12, 18, 9.—Hence,
B. Bilbĭlĭ-tānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Bilbilis: aquae, a medicinal spring in the vicinity of Bilbilis, Itin. Anton.—
II. The river Salo, near Bilbilis, now Xalon, Just. 44, 3, 13.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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