Mabog

Latin

Etymology

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Proper noun

Mabog n (indeclinable)

1. The Syrian name of Hierapolis, in Phrygia
   • Bambycen, quae alio nomine Hierapolis vocatur, Syris vero Mabog. (Pliny, Naturalis Historia, V)

References

• Mabog in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Mabog”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly