moenia

moenia ium, n

2 MV-, defensive walls, ramparts, bulwarks, city walls : moenium defensores, S.: (urbs) moenibus portuque ornata: inaedificata in muris ab exercitu nostro moenia, fortifications , Cs.: Dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis, V.— Walls, enclosure : moenia navis, O.: caeli, O.— A city enclosed by walls, walled town : in una moenia convenere, S.: nulla iam pernicies moenibus ipsis intra moenia comparabitur, city : cuncta malis habitantur moenia Grais, all the towns , V.: Catili, H.— A mansion, palace : Ditis magni, V.