OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 61215

Berytian

/bəˈɹɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
beritense
A native or inhabitant of Berytus (“the ancient city of Beirut”).
It is scarcely possible to attribute to it any other use but that of a basilica, a large public hall, where the Phœnician merchants were in the habit of congregating, probably for…
Nonnus, the poet of Panopolis in Egypt, records this claim of the Berytians in verses [...]
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