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place_n call_v by_o ptolemy_n ausira_n by_o strabo_n isaura_n yet_o st._n luke_n call_v it_o a_o city_n more_o than_o once_o nay_o ptolemy_n 〈◊〉_d ptolemy_n ptol._n l._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d place_v it_o among_o the_o city_n of_o isauria_n and_o distinguish_v it_o from_o isaura_n florus_n 6._o florus_n validissimas_fw-la urbes_fw-la eorum_fw-la phaselin_n olympon_n evertit_fw-la isaurumque_fw-la ipsam_fw-la arcem_fw-la ciliciae_n unde_fw-la conscius_fw-la sibi_fw-la magni_fw-la laboris_fw-la isaurici_fw-la cognomen_fw-la adamavit_fw-la flor._n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o name_v isaura_n among_o the_o city_n of_o cilicia_n and_o make_v it_o the_o most_o considerable_a place_n of_o all_o those_o the_o pirate_n hold_v in_o those_o part_n and_o therefore_o servilius_n who_o reduce_v those_o robber_n take_v the_o name_n of_o isauricas_n from_o it_o pliny_n 27._o pliny_n oppida_fw-la ejus_fw-la intus_fw-la isaura_n olibanus_fw-la etc._n etc._n plin._n l._n 5._o c._n 27._o name_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o neuter_n and_o plural_a the_o other_o 11._o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jos_n ant._n l._n 12._o c._n 11._o be_v a_o feminine_a i_o know_v the_o book_n of_o macchabee_n vary_v the_o name_n for_o the_o same_o place_n but_o josephus_n when_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o city_n bethsura_n constant_o use_v the_o singular_a and_o the_o feminine_a nor_o be_v it_o necessary_a to_o insist_v upon_o this_o for_o josephus_n may_v speak_v proper_o though_o it_o shall_v be_v grant_v that_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o same_o place_n for_o before_o it_o be_v fortify_v by_o judas_n macchabaeus_n it_o may_v be_v but_o a_o village_n but_o afterward_o it_o be_v call_v a_o city_n and_o the_o strong_a and_o impregnable_a city_n and_o be_v the_o only_a safe_a retreat_n of_o the_o jew_n of_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n it_o must_v quick_o grow_v populous_a enough_o to_o deserve_v the_o title_n and_o to_o enjoy_v the_o privilege_n of_o a_o city_n and_o now_o we_o be_v speak_v 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