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merica (moer-), sc. vitis or uva, an unknown kind of vine, v. l. ap. Col. 3, 2, 27; Plin. 14, 2. 4, § 35 (al. metica; Jan. mettica).
moerica (merica), vitis, a sort of grape-vine, otherwise unknown, Plin. 14, 2, 6; Col. 3, 2, 27.
1. Moeris, ĭdis, m., = Μοῖρις, Mœris, a king of Egypt in the fifteenth century A. C., who caused the lake which bears his name to be excavated: Moeridis lacus, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 50.
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2. Moeris, ĭdis, f., = Μοῖρις, the Lake Mœris, in Egypt, an artificial lake, fifty miles in width, between Memphis and Arsinoë, designed as a reservoir to hold the superfluous water of the Nile when overflowing, now Birket-Karum, Mel. 1, 9, 5 (ap. Plin. always Moeridis lacus).
3. Moeris, is, m., the name of a shepherd and sorcerer, Verg. E. 8, 96, 98; 9, 1; 53, 54, etc.