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Năbătaea (Năbăthaea), ae, f., = Ναβαταια, a country in Arabia Petræa, Plin. 21, 18, 72, § 120.
Hence,

  1. A. Năbă-thaeus (scanned Năbătaeus, Năbāthaeus, Sid. Carm. 5, 284), a, um, adj., = Ναβαθαῖος, of or belonging to Nabathæa, Nabathœan: saltus, Juv. 11, 126.
    Plur.: Năbătaei or Năbăthaei, ōrum, m., = Ναβαταῖοι or Ναβαθαῖοι, the Nabathæans, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; 12, 20, 44, § 98; Auct. B. Alex. 1, 1; Tac. A. 2, 57; Amm. 14, 8, 12.
    1. 2. Poet., transf., for Arabian, Eastern, Oriental: Eurus ad Auroram Nabathaeaque regna recessit, Ov. M. 1, 61: Nabathaei flatus Euri, Luc. 4, 63.
  2. B. Năbăthes, ae, m., a Nabathæan, Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.