Mesopotamia, A conntrey in the orient, lying betweene the two noble riuers Tygris and Euphrates, and hath on the south Babilon: and on the north, the great mountain called Cancasus. Mefsala Coruinus, A noble Senator of Rome, of whom Tullie in his booke of Oratonrs, called Brutus, writeth in this wise: I may not omit to speake of the excellencie of Messala. Beware, do not thinke that any is like vnto him in constancie, care and studie about the weale publike, also in eloquence, wherein he wonderfully doth excell. And notw: thstanding, being such a man, two yeares before he dyed, he so lost his remembraunce, that he forgat his owne name: whiche hath happened to dinerse other men of great wised ome and learning. He liued in the time of Iulins Cæsar and Augustus Emperonrs.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Mĕsŏpŏtămĭa, ae, f., = *mesopotami/a, a country of Asia, between the Euphrates and Tigris, now called Al-Jezireh, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Isid. 13, 21, 10; Mel. 1, 11, 1; Plin. 5, 12, 13, 66; Sall. H. 4, 51 Dietsch. —Hence, Mĕsŏpŏtămĭus, a, um, adj. (also written Mĕsŏpŏtămēnus), Mesopotamian (post-class.): milites, Val. ap. Vop. Aur. 11: Mesopotameni homines, Sall. H. 4, 53 Dietsch.—In plur. subst.: Mĕsŏpŏ-tămēsii, ōrum, m., the Mesopotamians, Spart. Hadr. 21, 12; Schol. Juv. 1, 104. mesŏplus, a, um, adj., = me/sospu/lh, that is at the middle door, Inscr. Grut. 32, 11.