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Carmēlus, i, m., [??], = Κάρμηλος.

  1. I. Mount Carmel, a high, steep mountain in Phœnicia, on the sea-coast, now Karmel or Karmul; also the town on, and the god of, this mountain, Tac. H. 2, 78; Suet. Vesp. 5: Carmelum promontorium et oppidum, Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75.
    Also called Carmel, Vulg. Isa. 29, 17.
  2. II. A small town in Judœa, with a mountain of the same name, near the Dead Sea, Vulg. Josh. 15, 55; id. 1 Reg. 15, 12; 25, 2 al.
    Hence, Carmēlītes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Mount Carmel, a Carmelite, Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 37; and Carmēlī-tis, ĭdis, f., a woman of Mount Carmel, Vulg. 1 Par. 3, 1.